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~ PRE-WEST ARM OF WALLOON LAKE ~
"Main Basin" or "Main Lake"
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"Main Basin" or "Main Lake"
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View additional Hemingway information toward the bottom of this page with the Hemingway's Windemere Cottage.
What is that part of Walloon Lake called that would be between the South Arm and the West Arm?... the PRE-WEST ARM OF WALLOON LAKE?
"'The Foot' is that part of the discharge end of the lake where the Village is located. It extends up the 'North Shore' about to where the 'first' of the seven hills begins. On the other side of the Village, the 'dam side' we never considered that The Foot, but rather the 'South Shore'. Thus from the dam up to Pansy’s Point was considered the “South Shore”.
The 'South Arm' was that portion behind the line drawn from Pansy’s Point across to 'Randall's, or Aircastle, Point'. The 'North Arm' did not start out in the confluence of the North and South Arms, but rather at the 'North Arm' narrows. And the 'West Arm' begins inside the 'West Arm' narrows, and extends all the way northwesterly to 'Mud Lake'.
OK, what is left? As a kid, the body of water from about Cameron’s westerly up to the 'West Arm' narrows was referred to as the 'Main Basin' or the 'Main Lake. The term 'Wildwood Basin' is recent, but we called that same area 'Wildwood Harbor' and it had as its shoreline from inside the point where Reus’s property is now around to the State of Michigan land.
My Mother always referred to the water in front of Windemere as the 'Main Lake'."
~ Ernie Mainland (2014)
Ernie Mainland, is the son of Sunny Hemingway Mainland who was the sister to author Ernest Hemingway. Ernie's family grew up on Walloon Lake, and now Ernie lives in the Windemere Cottage, and thus could be considered an authority on the accepted names of the parts of Walloon Lake. UPDATE: Ernie Mainland passed away 12 January 2021.
The 'South Arm' was that portion behind the line drawn from Pansy’s Point across to 'Randall's, or Aircastle, Point'. The 'North Arm' did not start out in the confluence of the North and South Arms, but rather at the 'North Arm' narrows. And the 'West Arm' begins inside the 'West Arm' narrows, and extends all the way northwesterly to 'Mud Lake'.
OK, what is left? As a kid, the body of water from about Cameron’s westerly up to the 'West Arm' narrows was referred to as the 'Main Basin' or the 'Main Lake. The term 'Wildwood Basin' is recent, but we called that same area 'Wildwood Harbor' and it had as its shoreline from inside the point where Reus’s property is now around to the State of Michigan land.
My Mother always referred to the water in front of Windemere as the 'Main Lake'."
~ Ernie Mainland (2014)
Ernie Mainland, is the son of Sunny Hemingway Mainland who was the sister to author Ernest Hemingway. Ernie's family grew up on Walloon Lake, and now Ernie lives in the Windemere Cottage, and thus could be considered an authority on the accepted names of the parts of Walloon Lake. UPDATE: Ernie Mainland passed away 12 January 2021.
Points of Interest on the PRE-West Arm
Bacon's Landing (Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon Family)
Bader/Frank and Son Bill and Daughter Doris
Barker-Alexander (Elliot R. and wife Lena Alexander) Cottage named Tanglewood> Judge Roger and Jane Alexander-Barker >Their Son John Barker and Daughter Beverly Barker Carter, and Grandchildren
Batcheller/Brothers George W. and Nelson A. (Hotel Wildwood/Wildwood Harbor Inn, and also sold lots on Wildwood Harbor)
Bates was a master bricklayer, and lived in a brick house
Beeler/Francis Cottage
Beeman Family
Breen/Frank and wife Mable (Friends of the Johnstones) >Son Maurice Breen >Edwards/Morgan and wife Sally
Brockway/Mrs. (Near Louise Martin's Home)
Grace Burns Cottage
Campbell/Kim
Camps Sherwood and Huntingdon/Indiana
Clayborg Family >Bartlett Property
Echo Beach Inn (Previously Bear Lake Inn)
Ellis/Ben (See obituary)
Fick Cottage named Greentree once owned by Floyd and Rena Gove Family >Harry C. and wife Ruth Ashby >David and Audrey Fick
Gardner/Elwin
Garnes/Mr. and Mrs.> Dick & Renate Smith
Gattle/Otto (Orlando Beach formerly known as the Bacon Farm)
Gerry (Druggist in Boyne City MI) >Wee Hoose
Grubaugh/Ron > Wildwood on Walloon
Hancock/Charles E. & wife Keturah > Daughter Marie Hancock Barringer > Grandson Henry Barringer (First cottage platted in Wildwood Harbor)
Holms/Kirol & Gwyneth (Daughter of the Breens) and children: Buster, Frances, H.J., Mary
Illinois Point
Indian Garden Hotel
Indian Garden Point
Jarrett/Mr. and Mrs. D.I. & Maud (Children: Enid [Heideman], Gladys, Evelyn [Deming], Vinton)
Jarrett/Dr. O.J. and wife > Daughter Joan Jarrett Woods and O.J.'s Grandchildren Peter Vellenga and Joan Vellenga Clark
Johnstones from Oklahoma
Jones/John, wife and Family (children Clarence, Elliot and Lillian)
Keller/Clark and Alice
Kent/Frank
Klermund/Heine and Marian and Twin Daughters > Sold to Wildwood on Walloon
Lathan or Lathams
Leach/Howard "Bud" and Ada
LeDuc/Tom and Kay
Lilypad Bay
Loba/Dr. and wife Lucinda
Lombardy Lodge (Built by Ben Ellis, First Owned by Mr. Gundelfinger, Rombauer, Herber Curtis)
Longfield Farm (known as "Grace Cottage")
Makinen/Bill and Emma (Previously the Dr. Laurence Edwin "Pete" and Hilda Cole Cottage... Children Marie and Darren)
Thornton/Dr. Hermann H. "Frenchy" >Daughter Sue Thornton Marklewitz and Son Philip Thornton (Ben Ellis built cottage on site of the burned Breen cottage in 1938/39)
McConnell Cottage (Later Indian Garden property) >Sweetie McConnell Glass
McLaughlin/Dr. John and Jane >Geists
Melrose Hotel
Chet Naylor >Clark Family
Olds Saw Mill/ Camp Michigania
Parsons/Dr. Henry >Kathryn Belt Frech (Grandaughter to Dr. H. Parsons) >Winifred Parsons Healey
Pioneer Cottage
Presley/Greg and Lois (previously a one-room shack)
Reefer/Mr. and Mrs. Max >Chet and Natalie Litman >Barbara Litman Cullman and husband Bob Packus (GGrandaughter to Mr. M. Reefer)
Reefer/Daughters of M. Reefer above: Mrs. Mayer, Mrs. Lieberman >Al & Sally Lieberman, Miss Zuleima Reefer > Clark & Alice Keller
Resort Township Park
Sagamore Lodge and Stone Wall
Shifrin/Ben and wife Celeste and children Bob, Ed, Nicki, from St. Louis MO
Sophian/Dr. Abraham >Fauvers (Later a part of Valhalla)
Thayer/Mable [Fuller] (Teacher in Bear Lake/Walloon Lake School) >Vern and Betty Fuller Hart (Mable's daughter)
Valhalla [Camp started by sisters Florence Williams & Louise Williams] (See Valhalla below on this webpage for ownership description)
Walker/George Christopher>Gillespie Cottage [George Allen Walker married Marian. >Grandson George Ernest "Gene" and Paula Walker]
Wallace/Jim > Daughter Barbara Wallace Wezerek and Her Sister Jean (First cottage ever built by Ben Ellis)
Walloon Resort
Welch/C.A. and Jeanette Cottage >Shifrin House
Wildwood Harbor
Wildwood Lake Basin (Virtual Tour)
Hotel Wildwood (Wildwood Harbor Inn)
C.E. Wilson
Cottage Windemere (Hemingway Cottage)
Zeiss (A Tailor from Chicago) > Harris House
Bader/Frank and Son Bill and Daughter Doris
Barker-Alexander (Elliot R. and wife Lena Alexander) Cottage named Tanglewood> Judge Roger and Jane Alexander-Barker >Their Son John Barker and Daughter Beverly Barker Carter, and Grandchildren
Batcheller/Brothers George W. and Nelson A. (Hotel Wildwood/Wildwood Harbor Inn, and also sold lots on Wildwood Harbor)
Bates was a master bricklayer, and lived in a brick house
Beeler/Francis Cottage
Beeman Family
Breen/Frank and wife Mable (Friends of the Johnstones) >Son Maurice Breen >Edwards/Morgan and wife Sally
Brockway/Mrs. (Near Louise Martin's Home)
Grace Burns Cottage
Campbell/Kim
Camps Sherwood and Huntingdon/Indiana
Clayborg Family >Bartlett Property
Echo Beach Inn (Previously Bear Lake Inn)
Ellis/Ben (See obituary)
Fick Cottage named Greentree once owned by Floyd and Rena Gove Family >Harry C. and wife Ruth Ashby >David and Audrey Fick
Gardner/Elwin
Garnes/Mr. and Mrs.> Dick & Renate Smith
Gattle/Otto (Orlando Beach formerly known as the Bacon Farm)
Gerry (Druggist in Boyne City MI) >Wee Hoose
Grubaugh/Ron > Wildwood on Walloon
Hancock/Charles E. & wife Keturah > Daughter Marie Hancock Barringer > Grandson Henry Barringer (First cottage platted in Wildwood Harbor)
Holms/Kirol & Gwyneth (Daughter of the Breens) and children: Buster, Frances, H.J., Mary
Illinois Point
Indian Garden Hotel
Indian Garden Point
Jarrett/Mr. and Mrs. D.I. & Maud (Children: Enid [Heideman], Gladys, Evelyn [Deming], Vinton)
Jarrett/Dr. O.J. and wife > Daughter Joan Jarrett Woods and O.J.'s Grandchildren Peter Vellenga and Joan Vellenga Clark
Johnstones from Oklahoma
Jones/John, wife and Family (children Clarence, Elliot and Lillian)
Keller/Clark and Alice
Kent/Frank
Klermund/Heine and Marian and Twin Daughters > Sold to Wildwood on Walloon
Lathan or Lathams
Leach/Howard "Bud" and Ada
LeDuc/Tom and Kay
Lilypad Bay
Loba/Dr. and wife Lucinda
Lombardy Lodge (Built by Ben Ellis, First Owned by Mr. Gundelfinger, Rombauer, Herber Curtis)
Longfield Farm (known as "Grace Cottage")
Makinen/Bill and Emma (Previously the Dr. Laurence Edwin "Pete" and Hilda Cole Cottage... Children Marie and Darren)
Thornton/Dr. Hermann H. "Frenchy" >Daughter Sue Thornton Marklewitz and Son Philip Thornton (Ben Ellis built cottage on site of the burned Breen cottage in 1938/39)
McConnell Cottage (Later Indian Garden property) >Sweetie McConnell Glass
McLaughlin/Dr. John and Jane >Geists
Melrose Hotel
Chet Naylor >Clark Family
Olds Saw Mill/ Camp Michigania
Parsons/Dr. Henry >Kathryn Belt Frech (Grandaughter to Dr. H. Parsons) >Winifred Parsons Healey
Pioneer Cottage
Presley/Greg and Lois (previously a one-room shack)
Reefer/Mr. and Mrs. Max >Chet and Natalie Litman >Barbara Litman Cullman and husband Bob Packus (GGrandaughter to Mr. M. Reefer)
Reefer/Daughters of M. Reefer above: Mrs. Mayer, Mrs. Lieberman >Al & Sally Lieberman, Miss Zuleima Reefer > Clark & Alice Keller
Resort Township Park
Sagamore Lodge and Stone Wall
Shifrin/Ben and wife Celeste and children Bob, Ed, Nicki, from St. Louis MO
Sophian/Dr. Abraham >Fauvers (Later a part of Valhalla)
Thayer/Mable [Fuller] (Teacher in Bear Lake/Walloon Lake School) >Vern and Betty Fuller Hart (Mable's daughter)
Valhalla [Camp started by sisters Florence Williams & Louise Williams] (See Valhalla below on this webpage for ownership description)
Walker/George Christopher>Gillespie Cottage [George Allen Walker married Marian. >Grandson George Ernest "Gene" and Paula Walker]
Wallace/Jim > Daughter Barbara Wallace Wezerek and Her Sister Jean (First cottage ever built by Ben Ellis)
Walloon Resort
Welch/C.A. and Jeanette Cottage >Shifrin House
Wildwood Harbor
Wildwood Lake Basin (Virtual Tour)
Hotel Wildwood (Wildwood Harbor Inn)
C.E. Wilson
Cottage Windemere (Hemingway Cottage)
Zeiss (A Tailor from Chicago) > Harris House
Map Section shown above is part of the entire 1907 map of Walloon Lake which may be accessed by clicking HERE.
Bacon's Landing
(Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon Family)
(Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon Family)
Photo/Text Above and Article Below: Dean Wheaton, a Bacon descendant, had constructed
a launching pad behind his father Alton's home overlooking Walloon Lake.
a launching pad behind his father Alton's home overlooking Walloon Lake.
Obituary Below: Dean Wheaton was a master of genealogy and local area research. His historical collections and photographs have added immensely to all knowledge of the Wheaton and Bacon Families; in addition to the Bacon Family having sold property to the Hemingway Family on Walloon Lake. The Hemingway property still includes the Windemere cottage in 2022.
Article Below: Christopher Couch, the father of Josiah Bacon, passed away in 1895.
Henry Bacon of Resort Township in 1902 was a farmer and proprietor of H. Bacon's addition to Illinois Park, located on the North Shore of Walloon Lake's Main Basin, eight and a half miles west from Talcott: a fine resort location; with lots for sale at reasonable prices and terms; choice lamb and mutton for sale during resort season in any quantity. Henry Bacon, born October 1939, in Hamilton Ontario, married Elizabeth Couch January 1863. Henry and his son rode behind a yoke of oxen to the farm they were to settle on in Resort about 9 miles south of Petoskey at Walloon Lake; a piece of property that Elizabeth Couch's brother William Couch had claimed in 1877. William was killed by a falling tree and Henry Bacon was given the claim.
Dean Wheaton had written in Letters from Bruce County: Written by Pioneer Joseph Bacon 1795-1882: "Henry [Bacon] and son Isaac came to the Resort Township, Emmet County, Michigan (near Petoskey) in June 1879 and took over the homestead of Elizabeth's brother Henry on the north shore of Walloon Lake, Gov't Lots 4 & 5, Sec 2, R33N, R6W, 135 acres. Later, in the summer of 1879, they and other settlers cut out the first trail through on what is now Resort Pike. This was done so Henry could bring his family (wife Elizabeth and four children ages one to nine) out to the homestead in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. The homestead was bordered on the east by Resort Pike and to the south and west by the lake. Some of the land was cleared for farming and the lake front subdivided into cottage lots. Henry later had a small grocery on what is now the west side of Resort Pike. He had a large dock built to accommodate the passengers who came from the many cottages around the lake by steamer." More history of the Bacon Family can be found in this book on pages 52 and 53, like telling of Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, father of author Ernest Hemingway, purchasing some of the Bacon Property in 1898 where the cottage Windemere was built.
Dean Wheaton had written in Letters from Bruce County: Written by Pioneer Joseph Bacon 1795-1882: "Henry [Bacon] and son Isaac came to the Resort Township, Emmet County, Michigan (near Petoskey) in June 1879 and took over the homestead of Elizabeth's brother Henry on the north shore of Walloon Lake, Gov't Lots 4 & 5, Sec 2, R33N, R6W, 135 acres. Later, in the summer of 1879, they and other settlers cut out the first trail through on what is now Resort Pike. This was done so Henry could bring his family (wife Elizabeth and four children ages one to nine) out to the homestead in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. The homestead was bordered on the east by Resort Pike and to the south and west by the lake. Some of the land was cleared for farming and the lake front subdivided into cottage lots. Henry later had a small grocery on what is now the west side of Resort Pike. He had a large dock built to accommodate the passengers who came from the many cottages around the lake by steamer." More history of the Bacon Family can be found in this book on pages 52 and 53, like telling of Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, father of author Ernest Hemingway, purchasing some of the Bacon Property in 1898 where the cottage Windemere was built.
Henry Bacon owned the property known on Walloon Lake as Bacon's Landing, a scheduled landing for the Walloon Lake steamers. This fact made for a logical choice for Dr. Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway to purchase land from Mr. Bacon in 1898, and then to build their Hemingway cottage Windemere in 1899 right near the lake's shore. The Bacon Family continued to be good neighbors by supplying the Hemingway Family with fresh foods from the Bacon Farm. Mr. Bacon kept a "Farm Record Book" (with a total of 196 pages) which is in the possession of Dean and Marna Wheaton. [Later in 2015: this journal was passed on to C.E. Hemingway's grandson Ernie Mainland who continues to live in the same Windemere Cottage on Walloon Lake.] On more journal pages were entries for Dr. C.E. Hemingway's similar to his 1911 account with Henry Bacon for the purchase of such items as: 4 qts milk, 1 pt Cream, Hauling wood, and one Berkshire Sow. In 1913, C.E. Hemingway purchased not only milk and cream, but also potatoes, chicken, and 2 gal oil from the Bacon Family. On Sept 7, 1914 (Journal Entry as shown in photo below right) C.E. Hemingway signed in his own handwriting: "Warner, Please take out vent plug from cylinder of my pump & charge with wood acct. - Your true friend! C.E. Hemingway". Warner was Warner Wheaton, the son-in-law of Henry Bacon. [See McConnell information below on this same webpage for more of Henry Bacon's journal entries.]
Dean Wheaton was the grandson of Warner Wheaton who married Lucy Bacon the daughter of Henry Bacon. Dean wrote in his book The Wheatons of Northern Michigan on page III-41: "Warner farmed on the Couch Place until 1925 when a severe skin allergy forced him to quit. It was later thought to be a reaction to the fly spray being used. Warner was treated for the allergy by Dr. Charles Hemingway (father to author Ernest Hemingway). The Hemingway's were long time summer vacationers at Windemere, their Walloon Lake cottage on land purchased from Lucy's father. Warner always met the Hemingways with the team at the train or lake steamer when they arrived in Petoskey and drove them to Windemere." The above account book was kept by Lucy's father Henry Bacon.
~ The Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon Family ~
Photo Below:
The Bacon Family ~ Front Row L>R: Lucy Violet Bacon married Warner Wheaton Henry Bacon (1839 ~ 1916) Elizabeth Couch Bacon (1844 ~ 1916) Emma Alice Bacon married Henry C. Pagel [Click HERE for additional Pagel information] The Bacon Family ~ Back Row L>R: Jane "Jennie" Bacon married Edward/Edwin A. Morford in 1891 (see article directly below) Joseph Elias Bacon married Sarah Brown Albert Bacon Mable Bacon Theodore "Huston" Bacon Lillie Mary Hope Bacon married Walter Rhynear Wheaton (See the 1910 article below the two photos, regarding Warner Wheaton and Mrs. Walter Wheaton ) |
Edwin Morford bought the Lake Grove Hotel on 11 October 1887 from Francis L. Morford and kept it until selling the hotel to Jacob and Martha Rehkoph on 7 April 1899. Edwin and Jennie Bacon Morford had two sons: Chalmers and William and two daughters Hazel and Bernice. The children all attended the Resort School, later called the Morford School.
Photo Above: This copy of the image of the original 16"X12" Bacon Family photo has been shared by Dean (a grandson to Lucy Bacon Wheaton) and Marna Wheaton who have given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website. See the family names listed above the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Dean Wheaton, the grandson of Lucy Bacon Wheaton in the photos above and below, has written an interesting, and informative, book titled The Wheatons of Northern Michigan. Copies of this book were donated to the area libraries, including Boyne City and Walloon Lake libraries. Dean's book goes into great detail regarding the families connected to his Wheaton Line, and a vast amount of information about Walloon Lake and its surroundings. |
Written on the back of the photo below: "Henry Bacon Family taken Oct 23, 1892. To Lucy from Uncle Josiah Given Sept 15, 1922"
Written on the front of the photo below are the names of the family members...
Front Row L>R: Emma, Mabel, Lucy, Henry, Elizabeth Couch Bacon
Back Row L>R: Walter (Wheaton ~ Lilly's husband), Albert, Joe, Huston, Jenny, Lilly
Written on the front of the photo below are the names of the family members...
Front Row L>R: Emma, Mabel, Lucy, Henry, Elizabeth Couch Bacon
Back Row L>R: Walter (Wheaton ~ Lilly's husband), Albert, Joe, Huston, Jenny, Lilly
Photo Above: This copy of the image of the original Bacon Family photo has been shared by Dean (a grandson to Lucy Bacon Wheaton) and Marna Wheaton who have given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website. See the family names listed above the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Photo Below: Mrs. Grace Hall Hemingway (Ernest, the author's mother) preserved this photo in one of her family scrapbooks that have been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. The photo below was labeded: "Huston Bacon snaking out big roots".
Written on the back of the photo below: "Bacon Family 1898." Also printed on the back is the photographer's name and address as follows:
"H.M. Wilcox, Photographer, 514 State St., Petoskey."
Written on the front of the photo below are the names of the family members...
Back Row: Emma, Joe, ?? Albert, Lilly, Huston
Middle & Front Rows: Joe & wife Sara, children Carl and Esther, Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon, Mable, Lucy. ?
"H.M. Wilcox, Photographer, 514 State St., Petoskey."
Written on the front of the photo below are the names of the family members...
Back Row: Emma, Joe, ?? Albert, Lilly, Huston
Middle & Front Rows: Joe & wife Sara, children Carl and Esther, Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon, Mable, Lucy. ?
Photo Above: This copy of the image of the original Bacon Family photo has been shared by Dean (a grandson to Lucy Bacon Wheaton) and Marna Wheaton who have given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website. See the family names listed above the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
The Wheaton Family lived on the shores of the North Arm in the late 1800s. Dean Wheaton in his book The Wheatons of Northern Michigan, wrote about his relative Lillie Mary Hope Bacon Wheaton: "Lillie was enumerated in the 1920 census in Friendship Twp, Emmet Co, Michigan with her husband and three children. Lillie was then working as a public school teacher. Lillie taught school at the Resort (SD No. 3) School grades 1-8. Warner Wheaton and Lucy Bacon were both among her students".... The school as listed on the 1902 Plat showed "It was on the top of the big sand bank at the top of the hill on the east side of Resort Pike up from Walloon Lake."
Photo Above: This copy of the image of the original Bacon Family photo has been shared by Dean (a grandson to Lucy Bacon Wheaton) and Marna Wheaton who have given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website. See the family names listed below the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
1897 ~
Names of Students in the Photo Above Left to Right with Teacher Lillie Bacon far right in top row:
Top Row: Edd Wheaton, Mary McConnell, Pearl Brown, Dick Brown, Jane Wheaton, Emma Bacon, Clara Fleischman, Mable Bacon
Second Row: Emma Sanborn, Charles Wheaton, Anna Brown, Warner Wheaton, Johnie McConnell, Lucy Bacon
Third Row: Asa Brown, George Depew, Alex Wheaton, Wallace Sanborn, Margaret Depew, Mattie Brown, Mary Fleischman, Asa Sanborn
Names of Students in the Photo Above Left to Right with Teacher Lillie Bacon far right in top row:
Top Row: Edd Wheaton, Mary McConnell, Pearl Brown, Dick Brown, Jane Wheaton, Emma Bacon, Clara Fleischman, Mable Bacon
Second Row: Emma Sanborn, Charles Wheaton, Anna Brown, Warner Wheaton, Johnie McConnell, Lucy Bacon
Third Row: Asa Brown, George Depew, Alex Wheaton, Wallace Sanborn, Margaret Depew, Mattie Brown, Mary Fleischman, Asa Sanborn
With Lucy Bacon marrying Warner Wheaton (see article below), this joined the Bacon Family to the Wheaton Family which resided on the North Arm, with a connection to the Flashman Family which married into the Wheaton Family... plus the Flashman Family also lived on the North Arm, next to the Wheaton property. Also, Lucy's sister Lillie married Warner's brother Walter Wheaton. These Bacon/Wheaton/Flashman relationships are explained in more detail on the North Arm webpage on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website.
Page Below: Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, in 1899 had purchased property from the Henry Bacon farm... thus it seemed only fitting
Dr. Hemingway was around to record, in photos and in text, "Neighbor Bacon's Barn Raising" in the September 1904 The Star Monthly.
Dr. Hemingway was around to record, in photos and in text, "Neighbor Bacon's Barn Raising" in the September 1904 The Star Monthly.
View the slide show below by clicking PLAY in the upper left corner. The photos of Mr. Bacon's Barn Raising are those same ones taken by Dr. Clarence Hemingway, and published in the above article. Clarence's wife Mrs. Grace Hall Hemingway preserved the photos in one of her family scrapbooks that have been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University.
Photo Below:
Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon with Alfred Bacon and dog Polly...
from the scrapbook of Grace Hall Hemingway who is Ernest Hemingway's mother.
Henry and Elizabeth Couch Bacon with Alfred Bacon and dog Polly...
from the scrapbook of Grace Hall Hemingway who is Ernest Hemingway's mother.
Only three shorts months following the death of Mrs. Henry (Elizabeth) Bacon,
her husband Henry Bacon passed away, as noted in his obituary below right.
her husband Henry Bacon passed away, as noted in his obituary below right.
Below: The 1941 advertisement to sell Walloon Lake Lots advised to see Mr. Bacon in the large white house at teh end of Resort Pike. One of the fist sales on the frtontage was the location on which the elegant home of Charles L. McCuen was located... adding to this purchase somewhat later. Also located on that lake front was the summer residence of Phillip I. Worcester. Both homes have added to the very stable value of the lots.
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~ Joseph Bacon ~
~ Joseph Bacon ~
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~ WALLOON LAKE CENTURION TO BE HOSTED AT OPEN HOUSE ~
by Betty Bader
(PHOTO AND TEXT BELOW)
~ WALLOON LAKE CENTURION TO BE HOSTED AT OPEN HOUSE ~
by Betty Bader
(PHOTO AND TEXT BELOW)
"I don't drink, smoke or say any cuss words" Joseph Bacon reveals, "And I never carried a chip on my shoulder."
Still bright as a whip with a twinkle in his eye and a good head of silver hair, this friend of Ernest Hemingway who was immortalized by the author in, "Ten Indians", who recalls romping with the Prince of England in his native Canada, will be 100 years of age on March 31.
He was born in Walkerton, Ontario March 31 1870. He tells how his grandfather was gamekeeper for Queen Victoria before moving to Canada. He obtained his job because he was a champion boxer and able to keep the poachers in line.
While the Prince of England was making a tour of Canada, his entourage was detained near Bacon's hometown and because of his grandfather's acquaintance with members of the royal party, Joe had the opportunity to play tag and romp with the Prince.
The Bacons moved to Walloon Lake when he was nine years of age and it was there that Joe met the Hemingway family. Books that have been written about Ernest Hemingway have recounted the Hemingway family's friendship with the Bacons at Walloon Lake. And Joseph Bacon recalls how he held this celebrated author in his arms when he was a small boy.
Local Celebrity
Around Walloon Lake and Petoskey, Joe is a celebrity in his own right, not just for his longevity but for his many years of participation in area activities.
A blacksmith for many years he learned his trade in the Dave Hastings Shop in Petoskey and holds the state record for shoeing, putting 137 shoes on in one day.
He was an ardent fan of the Emmet County Fair and was one of the first exhibitors at the original fair in 1882. He even helped his father clear the land for the first event. And, he attended every one until his health prevented.
Along with Isaac Davis, also of Walloon Lake, Joe was one of the first men to operate a steam thrashing engine and he cut through many of the roads in the area.
Life Member
A member of the Boyne City Masonic Lodge No. 391 F. and A.M. since 1909 he is now a life member and a special 'Past Master's Night' is being planned on April 9 at the Boyne City Masonic Temple to honor him. All the other past masters will fill the chairs for this event.
Joe married Sarah Ann Brown in 1894 and they had eight children, five still living. There are 16 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 15 great, great grandchildren. She died in 1936.
He married Mrs. Sara Nelson January 15, 1952 and she still resides on E. Sheridan-st. Joe has been a resident of the Beverly Manor since 1967.
Beside being an active farmer for many years at Bacon's Landing, Walloon Lake, he was a deputy sheriff for many years; a Justice of the Peace, held offices on the township school board and practiced veterinarian medicine for 10 years.
Open House
The family is planning an 'open house' Easter Sunday, March 29.
Still bright as a whip with a twinkle in his eye and a good head of silver hair, this friend of Ernest Hemingway who was immortalized by the author in, "Ten Indians", who recalls romping with the Prince of England in his native Canada, will be 100 years of age on March 31.
He was born in Walkerton, Ontario March 31 1870. He tells how his grandfather was gamekeeper for Queen Victoria before moving to Canada. He obtained his job because he was a champion boxer and able to keep the poachers in line.
While the Prince of England was making a tour of Canada, his entourage was detained near Bacon's hometown and because of his grandfather's acquaintance with members of the royal party, Joe had the opportunity to play tag and romp with the Prince.
The Bacons moved to Walloon Lake when he was nine years of age and it was there that Joe met the Hemingway family. Books that have been written about Ernest Hemingway have recounted the Hemingway family's friendship with the Bacons at Walloon Lake. And Joseph Bacon recalls how he held this celebrated author in his arms when he was a small boy.
Local Celebrity
Around Walloon Lake and Petoskey, Joe is a celebrity in his own right, not just for his longevity but for his many years of participation in area activities.
A blacksmith for many years he learned his trade in the Dave Hastings Shop in Petoskey and holds the state record for shoeing, putting 137 shoes on in one day.
He was an ardent fan of the Emmet County Fair and was one of the first exhibitors at the original fair in 1882. He even helped his father clear the land for the first event. And, he attended every one until his health prevented.
Along with Isaac Davis, also of Walloon Lake, Joe was one of the first men to operate a steam thrashing engine and he cut through many of the roads in the area.
Life Member
A member of the Boyne City Masonic Lodge No. 391 F. and A.M. since 1909 he is now a life member and a special 'Past Master's Night' is being planned on April 9 at the Boyne City Masonic Temple to honor him. All the other past masters will fill the chairs for this event.
Joe married Sarah Ann Brown in 1894 and they had eight children, five still living. There are 16 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren and 15 great, great grandchildren. She died in 1936.
He married Mrs. Sara Nelson January 15, 1952 and she still resides on E. Sheridan-st. Joe has been a resident of the Beverly Manor since 1967.
Beside being an active farmer for many years at Bacon's Landing, Walloon Lake, he was a deputy sheriff for many years; a Justice of the Peace, held offices on the township school board and practiced veterinarian medicine for 10 years.
Open House
The family is planning an 'open house' Easter Sunday, March 29.
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The 28 June 2019 Petoskey News Review (click HERE) reported that Resort Township unveiled a new non-motorized trail system located at 6154 Resort Pike Road called Pioneer Trails. It is a 122 acre walking, hiking, biking, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing trail paying homage with the trails named after five early area settlers of the 1800s; Folgelsonger, Couch, Bacon, McConnell and Wheaton.
"The Couch trail pays tribute to a family which came to the area in 1875, when Christopher and May Ann Couch and four sons claimed land in the peninsula. William Couch paid $47.25 for 91.7 acres on the south end of Resort Pike and a portion of his property is the northern part of the trail system. At the current driveway to Pioneer Trail, one can find a slight depression in the earth where a cabin William built once sat."
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"The Bacon trail is in honor of the Bacon family which came to the area from Ontario in 1879 and owned 80 acres west of Resort Pike at the south end of the peninsula. The Bacon home was built at what is now 6678 Lake Grove Road, and a large barn was erected across the road. Nine children were raised at the home of Henry Bacon and his wife, Elizabeth Couch Bacon, before he eventually acquired 200 acres and divided the waterfront land for cottages... Henry Bacon also started a small grocery store on the west side of Resort Pike and built a large dock which became known as Bacon’s Landing to accommodate passengers who came by boat to the area."
"The Couch trail pays tribute to a family which came to the area in 1875, when Christopher and May Ann Couch and four sons claimed land in the peninsula. William Couch paid $47.25 for 91.7 acres on the south end of Resort Pike and a portion of his property is the northern part of the trail system. At the current driveway to Pioneer Trail, one can find a slight depression in the earth where a cabin William built once sat."
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"The Bacon trail is in honor of the Bacon family which came to the area from Ontario in 1879 and owned 80 acres west of Resort Pike at the south end of the peninsula. The Bacon home was built at what is now 6678 Lake Grove Road, and a large barn was erected across the road. Nine children were raised at the home of Henry Bacon and his wife, Elizabeth Couch Bacon, before he eventually acquired 200 acres and divided the waterfront land for cottages... Henry Bacon also started a small grocery store on the west side of Resort Pike and built a large dock which became known as Bacon’s Landing to accommodate passengers who came by boat to the area."
Barker-Alexander (Elliot R. and wife Lena Alexander)
Cottage named Tanglewood> Judge Roger and Jane Alexander-Barker >
Their Son John Barker and Daughter Beverly Barker Carter, and Grandchildren
Cottage named Tanglewood> Judge Roger and Jane Alexander-Barker >
Their Son John Barker and Daughter Beverly Barker Carter, and Grandchildren
Francis S. Beeler Cottage
Beeman Cottage
A 1926 article in the Petoskey Evening News stated: "Earl H. Mead of Harbor Springs, Michigan, was the leading architect of the early 1900s era. He drew the plans and superintended the building of the beautiful homes of John Galster on Mitchell Street (Petoskey), L.C. Hankey on Rose Street, and the wonderful log cabin for Harry L. Beeman at Echo Beach on Walloon Lake."
Grace Burns Cottage
Bear Lake Inn name changes in 1898 > Echo Beach Inn
(McConnell Family)
Echo Beach Inn was opened in 1880 by Joseph and Julia McConnell as the Bear Lake Inn...
when the lake was still named Bear Lake, rather than Walloon Lake.
(McConnell Family)
Echo Beach Inn was opened in 1880 by Joseph and Julia McConnell as the Bear Lake Inn...
when the lake was still named Bear Lake, rather than Walloon Lake.
John Henry and Mary "Escott" McConnell had two sons Joseph and Henry who each developed hotels on Walloon Lake; Henry the Melrose Hotel and Joseph McConnell of Resort Township by 1902 was proprietor of Echo Beach Inn. The Inn was located near good fishing grounds, three miles from the railroad station at the foot of Walloon Lake; first-class accommodations in every respect. The Echo Beach Inn First was called Bear Lake Inn.
Joseph eventually separated from his family of wife Julia and son John and daughters Zoe and Rose. Joseph moved to Jackson, Michigan, leaving John and Rose, along with Julia as mentioned in the 1907 ad below left to run Echo Beach Inn. Zoe had married to a Caskey and moved to Minnesota (later living in Oregon and Washington state). Julia's 1912 obituary farther below, told that she had died at not quite fifty years old, while spending the winter in Detroit with her son John and daughter Zoe.
Echo Beach Inn of South Indian Garden Road in early 1900s, owned by John McConnell... Submitted from one of the front pages from a series of Walloon Lake Community Church programs showing historic photos of the Walloon Lake area. At one time much of the help hired at Echo Beach Inn came from the nearby Indian Camp
Picturesque Walloon published 1911 described on page 54, the Echo Beach Inn:
"The Inn lies on the north shore, just three miles away. Here, among the hills, the old McConnell estate has stood guard for thirty-two years, and from June until October is still welcoming the traveler. The house, with its broad porches, faces the south, then the way leads west over the rustic bridge through the summerhouse to the forest and the old post road; east straight over the stream, in the ravine, to the tennis-court and pasture beyond. North lie the vegetable gardens, big orchard and flowing well piped down from the hills. There are motor boats and bathing. Inside are large, quiet rooms, old fireplaces, a piano, and many broad windows, comfortable bedrooms, long halls, and more than all else, there is an atmosphere here---an atmosphere telling of old things. Address, Mrs. Julia McConnell, Walloon Lake, Mich."
"The Inn lies on the north shore, just three miles away. Here, among the hills, the old McConnell estate has stood guard for thirty-two years, and from June until October is still welcoming the traveler. The house, with its broad porches, faces the south, then the way leads west over the rustic bridge through the summerhouse to the forest and the old post road; east straight over the stream, in the ravine, to the tennis-court and pasture beyond. North lie the vegetable gardens, big orchard and flowing well piped down from the hills. There are motor boats and bathing. Inside are large, quiet rooms, old fireplaces, a piano, and many broad windows, comfortable bedrooms, long halls, and more than all else, there is an atmosphere here---an atmosphere telling of old things. Address, Mrs. Julia McConnell, Walloon Lake, Mich."
Article Below: Rose McConnell ~ FIRST White Child born (13 November 1879) on Walloon Lake at that time.
95th BIRTHDAY OBSERVED
A birthday party, for John McConnell, 95 Walloon Lake native, was held at Beverly Manor Convalescent Home on Nov. 15.
Mr. McConnell, who was born and raised on Walloon Lake, is the former owner of Echo Beach Inn on Indian Garden Road.
The Inn flourished prior to World War I when hotels on Walloon Lake catered to families who would come to the area for the entire summer. After the war, interest in the Inns waned and eventually Echo Beach Inn was torn down in the early 1940s.
Mr. McConnell's parents built the Inn on property received by his grandparents from the railroad in the early pioneering days.
Following their deaths, Mr. McConnell and his sister ran the Inn until it was torn down. They then resided in the annex, a large home, which still stands today on Walloon Lake.
The birthday party, honoring Mr. McConnell, was hosted by his friend and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Whelan, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walenta and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Harmer.
A birthday party, for John McConnell, 95 Walloon Lake native, was held at Beverly Manor Convalescent Home on Nov. 15.
Mr. McConnell, who was born and raised on Walloon Lake, is the former owner of Echo Beach Inn on Indian Garden Road.
The Inn flourished prior to World War I when hotels on Walloon Lake catered to families who would come to the area for the entire summer. After the war, interest in the Inns waned and eventually Echo Beach Inn was torn down in the early 1940s.
Mr. McConnell's parents built the Inn on property received by his grandparents from the railroad in the early pioneering days.
Following their deaths, Mr. McConnell and his sister ran the Inn until it was torn down. They then resided in the annex, a large home, which still stands today on Walloon Lake.
The birthday party, honoring Mr. McConnell, was hosted by his friend and neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Whelan, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walenta and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Harmer.
Henry Bacon owned the farm property known on Walloon Lake as Bacon's Landing, a scheduled landing for the Walloon Lake steamers. Bacon's farm was a logical place for neighboring homeowners to buy their staples, with no close general stores to their vicinity. The two below photos show a list of the items that John McConnell purchased from Mr. Bacon, along with the price of each item for McConnell's 1911 purchases.
Otto Gattle Property
Hancock Cottage
Indian Garden Hotel
(First Called "Plas Newydd")
(First Called "Plas Newydd")
Mr. W. H. Ellis had been with the railroad, and purchased the Indian Garden property in 1900. The summer of 1901 saw the construction of Indian Garden Hotel. With the building measuring 40'X80' the hotel was not completed to be opened for business until 1906. Another source stated that the hotel opened 4 July 1904 and Mr. Ellis ran it until 1926, when it closed for a few years. The hotel boasted of inside plumbing, and gas lights. The hotel was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis for 20 years. The plans for the Walloon Lake country Club were drawn up on the east porch of Indian Garden Hotel in 1906, and the club was opened the following summer.
1904 Indian Garden Hotel opened
1906 Mr. and Mrs. Ellis operated
After 1926 purchased by Mr. Hains
After two years by Hains, returned to Ellis Family through foreclosure
1935/36 purchased by Ben Ellis
Few years later was razed
Land sold to several individuals who built their own cottages
1906 Mr. and Mrs. Ellis operated
After 1926 purchased by Mr. Hains
After two years by Hains, returned to Ellis Family through foreclosure
1935/36 purchased by Ben Ellis
Few years later was razed
Land sold to several individuals who built their own cottages
The 1911 publication of "Picturesque Walloon" describes the Indian Garden Hotel as in the postcard photo above as: "Located exclusively, yet conveniently, on Indian Garden Point--- a fine elevation, extending from the water's edge. Strictly modern in every appointment; the only hotel of its class on the lake. Capacity 160. Rates, $2.50 to $4 per day; $14 to $24 per week. W.H. Ellis, Prop., Walloon Lake, Mich."
The Indian Garden property was a most prominent and beautiful point of high rolling land covered with primitive forest, extending into the lake and having nearly a mile of delightful sandy beach; fine boating, bathing and fishing, away from the business life, a place for the weary mind to rest. Indian Garden was popular as being the annual camping ground of the Indians for may years. The Indian Garden property was purchased in 1900 by W.H. Ellis with the hotel opening on 4 July 1904 with 30 bedrooms-spacious public rooms, all furniture brought by boat, and large verandahs. Mr. Ellis was connected with the railroad station at Walloon Lake, and the Indian Garden property was only 2 1/2 miles from the station. When W. H. Ellis purchased the property from the G.R. & I. Railroad, it had had a house and a shanty with a telegraph line run from Clarion to the narrows and across to the point. The Ellises lived in the house until they could move into the hotel, at which time the house and shanty were torn down. When W.H. Ellis operated the hotel it was lighted by gas and all cooking was done on wood ranges. Mr. Ellis ran it until 1926, when it was closed for a few years, then operated by some people from Flint for a few years-again closed. Later on, Ben Ellis redeemed the property in a foreclosure, after his cousin's death. Next the property was razed, and sold to several different people who built individual cottages. (Some of this information was from articles written by Mrs. D.H. Reycraft and which originally were included in a report she presented at a meeting of the Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital Auxiliary in Petoskey MI.)
Dorothy Numson Krenrich, author of Muhqua Nebis wrote on page 1: "Evidence of many years of Indian encampments have been found all around the lake by the early settlers. The major encampments appear to have been on Indian Garden Point and Eagle Island, later known as Hemlock Point and recently renamed Eagle Island."
The Indian Garden property was a most prominent and beautiful point of high rolling land covered with primitive forest, extending into the lake and having nearly a mile of delightful sandy beach; fine boating, bathing and fishing, away from the business life, a place for the weary mind to rest. Indian Garden was popular as being the annual camping ground of the Indians for may years. The Indian Garden property was purchased in 1900 by W.H. Ellis with the hotel opening on 4 July 1904 with 30 bedrooms-spacious public rooms, all furniture brought by boat, and large verandahs. Mr. Ellis was connected with the railroad station at Walloon Lake, and the Indian Garden property was only 2 1/2 miles from the station. When W. H. Ellis purchased the property from the G.R. & I. Railroad, it had had a house and a shanty with a telegraph line run from Clarion to the narrows and across to the point. The Ellises lived in the house until they could move into the hotel, at which time the house and shanty were torn down. When W.H. Ellis operated the hotel it was lighted by gas and all cooking was done on wood ranges. Mr. Ellis ran it until 1926, when it was closed for a few years, then operated by some people from Flint for a few years-again closed. Later on, Ben Ellis redeemed the property in a foreclosure, after his cousin's death. Next the property was razed, and sold to several different people who built individual cottages. (Some of this information was from articles written by Mrs. D.H. Reycraft and which originally were included in a report she presented at a meeting of the Lockwood-MacDonald Hospital Auxiliary in Petoskey MI.)
Dorothy Numson Krenrich, author of Muhqua Nebis wrote on page 1: "Evidence of many years of Indian encampments have been found all around the lake by the early settlers. The major encampments appear to have been on Indian Garden Point and Eagle Island, later known as Hemlock Point and recently renamed Eagle Island."
Lombardy Lodge
(Built by Ben Ellis, First Owned by Mr. Gundelfinger)
Rombauer, Heber Curtis
(Built by Ben Ellis, First Owned by Mr. Gundelfinger)
Rombauer, Heber Curtis
A video of "Lombardy Lodge Final Days–Walloon Lake" can be accessed by clicking HERE.
Article Below:
The Rombauers of New Hampshire once had owned the Lombardy Lodge before selling the lodge to Heber Curtis.
The Rombauers of New Hampshire once had owned the Lombardy Lodge before selling the lodge to Heber Curtis.
Longfield Farm (later "Grace Cottage")
See additional Longfield Farm information farther below with Windemere Cottage.
See additional Longfield Farm information farther below with Windemere Cottage.
In 1905 the Hemingways bought Longfield Farm, located just west of Wildwood Harbor and across the lake from Windemere. Grace Hemingway built a cottage on the farm in 1919 (it was known as “Grace Cottage”), which she used as a quiet sanctuary to paint, write music, read, and sing. Longfield Farm was later sold, but Windemere has remained in the family.
~ "Walloon Lake Historical Information" paper by John Cooley (Final Version 2011)
~ "Walloon Lake Historical Information" paper by John Cooley (Final Version 2011)
Photo Below Labeled:
"Walloon Lake from Longfield Farm includes Eagle Island"
"Walloon Lake from Longfield Farm includes Eagle Island"
Click HERE to access this above photo and others of Marcelline Hemingway from the Illinois Digital Archives
(A Service of the Illinois State Library and the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State)
(A Service of the Illinois State Library and the Office of the Illinois Secretary of State)
Major Powell ~ Pioneer Cottage
In 1945, Ben Ellis bought the home of Major I.P. Powell. Major Powell had purchased Pioneer Cottage which was a center for social life at one time. Major Powell had purchased the Pioneer Cottage the John Henry McConnell property in 1900 after John Henry had died in 1899. McConnell had built the cottage from lumber that he had shipped from Grand Rapids. The finished lumber was floated up the Bear River by John Henry's son, Henry McConnell. The lumber had to then be put on a raft and towed by boat to the McConnell property.
Melrose Hotel Built By Henry McConnell in 1902
Henry McConnell built the boarding house The Melrose, originally, as his home.
It opened as a resort in 1902 on Indian Garden Road. The Melrose closed after about 20 years, in 1923 and was dismantled in 1943.
Henry McConnell was the brother of Joseph McConnell associated with the Echo Beach Inn (see above).
It opened as a resort in 1902 on Indian Garden Road. The Melrose closed after about 20 years, in 1923 and was dismantled in 1943.
Henry McConnell was the brother of Joseph McConnell associated with the Echo Beach Inn (see above).
Henry McConnell of Resort Township in 1902 was the proprietor of the Melrose Hotel, located on the North Shore of Walloon Lake (formerly Bear Lake), newly built and furnished, and a first-class summer resort hotel; for rates and other information the address was Walloon Lake.
The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "The Melrose will open Wednesday of this week, and will, as usual, make a specialty of excellent table service, made possible by the orchard and dairy in connection. Mr. MacConnell announces that everything so far points to an exceptionally fine season, a large number of guests having engaged rooms."
Olds Sawmill and Camp
Photo and Article Right: The area where this old Montgomery property in Petoskey MI was going to be torn down, is in 2015 a vacant parking lot beside Juliene's Tomatoes restaurant on the Corner of Howard and Michigan Streets. At the time this Montgomery property was going to be torn down, a newspaper article wrote: "Brings back old memories to Joe Bacon... who was 15 when he hauled lumber with a team of horses from the A.W. Olds mill at Walloon Lake to erect the shop in 1885".
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Pritchard Cottage
Frank Pritchard died 4 October 2014, and his obituary stated: "The Pritchard legacy in the Boyne region dates back to the 1930s when Frank’s father established the original Pritchard cottage on Walloon Lake in Wildwood Harbor. Frank continued that legacy with his own family, eventually building his home on the South Arm in 1966.
An avid skier since his childhood, his love for skiing was only exceeded by his love for his wife and family. Frank was associated with Boyne Mountain Resort from its inception in 1948. He volunteered on Boyne Mountain Ski Patrol for more than 34 years, beginning in 1959, rising to director in 1974, until he stepped down in 1993. During his second career in real estate sales, he worked extensively with Boyne Mountain Resort in the early days of its development projects."
An avid skier since his childhood, his love for skiing was only exceeded by his love for his wife and family. Frank was associated with Boyne Mountain Resort from its inception in 1948. He volunteered on Boyne Mountain Ski Patrol for more than 34 years, beginning in 1959, rising to director in 1974, until he stepped down in 1993. During his second career in real estate sales, he worked extensively with Boyne Mountain Resort in the early days of its development projects."
Mr. and Mrs. Reefer's Cottage
Resort Township Park
(On Walloon Lake ~ At the End of Resort Pike Road)
(On Walloon Lake ~ At the End of Resort Pike Road)
Sagamore Lodge and Stone Wall
Another similar stone wall fence near Walloon Lake is located near the Walloon Lake Country Club.
Click HERE to access information about this other wall.
Click HERE to access information about this other wall.
"This beautiful stone wall on Lake Grove encloses the expansive grounds of Sagamore Lodge, a spectacular log home built in 1929 by Charles McCuen. McCuen was a self-taught engineer who rose through the ranks to become vice-president for research at General Motors, responsible for a number of remarkable inventions. He sold Sagamore in the 1940's after his wife Adele was in a serious auto accident up north. Subsequent owners have made additions to the lodge but happily maintained its architectural integrity. Just a few doors away from Hemingway's Windermere, the Sagamore Lodge has an iconic boathouse and breathtaking views of the main body of Walloon. Although Charles McCuen left the lake, his son Newell McCuen was on North Shore for quite some time after that, and married Amy Jose from a really old lake family." ~ Lauren Macintyre
Click HERE to access information about experiences of Charles McCuen while woking on the turbine engine with the GM Research Laboratory.
Click HERE to access information about experiences of Charles McCuen while woking on the turbine engine with the GM Research Laboratory.
An obituary was published in 29 October 1975 The New York Times for Charles L. McCuen, 83. He stopped with the fifth grade, but, actually rose to become a vice president of the General Motors Corporation, being the general manager of the GM Research Laboratories. He died at his Birmingham, Michigan, Home. In 1911 Charles, at 19, worked for the Cole-California Car Company where he designed a five passenger touring sedan. That company produced only one or two vehicles before running out of money. Mr. McCuen's career was long and varied in the design and engineering field. He left three sons, Marshall, Newell and Charles; a daughter Mrs. William A. Turunen, 112 grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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In the 1980s Newell McCuen, along with other Walloon Residents, was instrumental in the installation of a dry hydrant in the lake for fire protection along North Shore Drive. He also took part in a Walloon Lake survey to help reduce pollution. Click HERE for additional information about these topics on this same web site.
Camp Vahalla
Camp Valhalla was a camp for girls from 12 to 20 on 93 acres on the south shore of Walloon Lake.
Camp Valhalla for Girls Scrapbook, 1944-1946
Camp Valhalla for Girls Scrapbook, 1944-1946
Valhalla became a camp for girls from Flint, Michigan, begun in 1933. It sat on 103 acres of land which previously had been a farm with an apple orchard, owned by Mr. Schmidt. The land included some lake shore with access in Wildwood Harbor. Sisters Florence and Louise Williams started the camp after Florence bought the place in about 1929. The camp discontinued in 1941, attributed to WWII gasoline shortages. The facilities next associated with Central Michigan University for training camp counselors. By 1947, the camp no longer existed, but was converted to a resort. In 1966 J. Richard Smith (Passed 2014) and his brother David Smith (Passed 2010) purchased the 103 acres associated with Vahalla. Later in the early 1970s condominiums were built and named Wildwood on Walloon.
~ The Beginnings of Camp Vahalla ~
(as written by John Cooley in his 2011 Final Version "Walloon Lake Historical Information" )
(as written by John Cooley in his 2011 Final Version "Walloon Lake Historical Information" )
"Marian Williams Walker’s two younger sisters, Florence and Louise, continued to visit Walloon Lake as they completed their college educations and became teachers in Flint, Michigan. In 1929 Florence bought the 103-acre farm bordering Wildwood Harbor and then bought the adjoining lakefront from the Batcheller Brothers. During the severe economic times of the Great Depression, Florence and Louise decided to start a summer camp for girls 12 years old and older (to help pay the taxes on the land).
In 1933 they opened Camp Valhalla. Valhalla is a Norse term for “heaven in the north” or the hall of Odin, where the souls of Scandinavian heroes were received after death. Camp Valhalla was open for eight summers. Each summer consisted of three two-week sessions with twelve girls per session. The camp was very popular, but gasoline rationing during World War II dramatically reduced travel to northern Michigan, making it necessary to close the camp in 1941.
In 1944 Louise Williams, who had joined the faculty at Central Michigan College in the department of physical education, bought her sister Florence’s share of Valhalla and brought in an equal partner, her friend Jane McNamara (also a professor of physical education at Central Michigan). For the next three years Louise and Jane ran Valhalla as a summer school for camp counselors; women students majoring in physical education at Central Michigan could attend. Golf, tennis, camping, archery, horseback riding, canoeing, swimming and lifesaving were taught. No college credits were given for the camp experiences, but certification in lifesaving by the Red Cross could be earned. The hope was that these camp courses would improve the students’ chances of employment after graduating from Central Michigan.
In 1947 Louise and Jane completely remodeled Camp Valhalla, and for the next 20 summers they ran it as a family resort on the American plan (providing meals for their guests at the camp lodge seven days a week). At Valhalla hundreds of families created fond memories of Walloon Lake and some of these families bought property on the lake. In 1935 the Williams family had planted 5,000 pine trees and flowering shrubs on the Valhalla property and in 1955 Valhalla planted 10,000 more pine trees (mostly Norway and white pines) to reforest the land that had been laid bare by the unrestricted logging of the 1880s and 1890s."
In 1933 they opened Camp Valhalla. Valhalla is a Norse term for “heaven in the north” or the hall of Odin, where the souls of Scandinavian heroes were received after death. Camp Valhalla was open for eight summers. Each summer consisted of three two-week sessions with twelve girls per session. The camp was very popular, but gasoline rationing during World War II dramatically reduced travel to northern Michigan, making it necessary to close the camp in 1941.
In 1944 Louise Williams, who had joined the faculty at Central Michigan College in the department of physical education, bought her sister Florence’s share of Valhalla and brought in an equal partner, her friend Jane McNamara (also a professor of physical education at Central Michigan). For the next three years Louise and Jane ran Valhalla as a summer school for camp counselors; women students majoring in physical education at Central Michigan could attend. Golf, tennis, camping, archery, horseback riding, canoeing, swimming and lifesaving were taught. No college credits were given for the camp experiences, but certification in lifesaving by the Red Cross could be earned. The hope was that these camp courses would improve the students’ chances of employment after graduating from Central Michigan.
In 1947 Louise and Jane completely remodeled Camp Valhalla, and for the next 20 summers they ran it as a family resort on the American plan (providing meals for their guests at the camp lodge seven days a week). At Valhalla hundreds of families created fond memories of Walloon Lake and some of these families bought property on the lake. In 1935 the Williams family had planted 5,000 pine trees and flowering shrubs on the Valhalla property and in 1955 Valhalla planted 10,000 more pine trees (mostly Norway and white pines) to reforest the land that had been laid bare by the unrestricted logging of the 1880s and 1890s."
David L. Smith, age 78 of Boyne City, husband, father, grandfather, dearly beloved friend of all who knew him well, passed comfortably early on July 8, 2010, with family by his side. Although a native of Royal Oak, Michigan, Dave, his wife Elaine and their seven children moved to Boyne City in 1972. There, Dave and his brother Rick embarked on the adventure of a lifetime, developing Wildwood on Walloon, the Harborage Condominiums and Marina in Boyne City, the Water Street Inn and One Water Street Restaurant. Dave was a graduate of Michigan State University and was a lifelong Spartan fan, attending as many football and basketball games as possible. He was an avid sports fan, religiously following the Tigers, Red Wings, Pistons and even the Lions. Dave was honored to be named a lifelong member of the Board of Trustees for Camp Daggett and a Boyne City Rotarian. Dave never met a person he didn't like, a wonderful trait he passed on to his children. A trip to the hardware store for a simple picture hook could take two hours or more by the time he had greeted and chatted with everyone he knew. Dave is survived by his beloved wife Elaine, son Jeff (Mary Holbrook) Smith, daughter Libby (Doug) Washburn, daughter Leslie (Arch) Wright, son Michael (Beth Behrend) Smith, son David (Mary Beth) Smith Jr., daughter Miriam (JP) Finet, son Peter (Betsey) Smith, and brother Richard (Renate) Smith. He will also be missed by thirteen wonderful grandchildren and two devoted nephews. He was preceded in death by his sister Phyllis Smith. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 3:00 to 6:00 pm Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Stackus Funeral Home, Boyne City. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Monday, July 12, 2010 at First Presbyterian Church in Boyne City with Pastor Jonathan Mays officiating. The family request memorial donations be directed to Camp Daggett or the Charlevoix County Humane Society.
RICK SMITH
October 28, 1928 - October 6, 2014
With love and support from family and friends, the Lord called Rick home on October 6. Rick will always be remembered for his hearty laugh, joyful smile, and his care for others.
Rick (J. Richard Smith) was born on October 28, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in rural Ohio and Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1967 Rick married Renate (Rexhausen) of Cologne, Germany at the Walloon Lake Community Church. Together they raised two sons, Derek and Joel, at their home near Boyne City – surrounded by fields, trees, horses, and dogs. Rick shared his lifelong love of skiing, boating, and horses with his wife, children, and grandchildren. As a family, they enjoyed travel, including visits to Renate’s family in Germany.
After serving in France with the Army during the Korean War, Rick graduated from Wayne State University in 1961. Rick worked for the Arthritis Foundation for many years before moving permanently to Boyne City in 1968 with Renate. Rick and his brother Dave contributed to the growth of Boyne City over the next forty years, helping to create Wildwood on Walloon, The Harborage condominiums and marina, Water Street Inn, and Stafford’s One Water Street Restaurant. Rick and Dave were known for their enthusiasm and creativity, and for helping to make Boyne City a favorite destination and home for families from all over the country. Rick also involved himself in other ways in the community through his work on the Evangeline Township Planning Commission and by serving on the Northern Michigan Hospital Board and as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City.
Rick was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Miriam Smith, siblings Phyllis and Dave, and nephew Terry Carr. Rick is survived by his wife Renate; son Derek, his wife Rebecca, and their daughter Elizabeth; and son Joel, his wife Kathy, and their children Olivia and Luke. Rick is also survived by his sister-in-law Elaine and nieces Libby Washburn, Leslie Wright, and Miriam Finet; and nephews Jeff Smith, Mike Smith, Dave, Jr. Smith, and Peter Smith along with their families. All of his family brought Rick great joy. In Germany, Rick is survived by his sister-in-law Bettina Heinrichs, brother-in-law Hans Dieter Heinrichs, and their children Alex and Regina.
Rick’s family has scheduled a memorial service at the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City on November 22, 2014, with final details to be announced at a later date. If you wish to make a gift in Rick’s memory, the family suggests Northern Michigan Equine Therapy (www.nmequine.com) where there is a scholarship in his name or the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City.
October 28, 1928 - October 6, 2014
With love and support from family and friends, the Lord called Rick home on October 6. Rick will always be remembered for his hearty laugh, joyful smile, and his care for others.
Rick (J. Richard Smith) was born on October 28, 1928 in Columbus, Ohio and grew up in rural Ohio and Royal Oak, Michigan. In 1967 Rick married Renate (Rexhausen) of Cologne, Germany at the Walloon Lake Community Church. Together they raised two sons, Derek and Joel, at their home near Boyne City – surrounded by fields, trees, horses, and dogs. Rick shared his lifelong love of skiing, boating, and horses with his wife, children, and grandchildren. As a family, they enjoyed travel, including visits to Renate’s family in Germany.
After serving in France with the Army during the Korean War, Rick graduated from Wayne State University in 1961. Rick worked for the Arthritis Foundation for many years before moving permanently to Boyne City in 1968 with Renate. Rick and his brother Dave contributed to the growth of Boyne City over the next forty years, helping to create Wildwood on Walloon, The Harborage condominiums and marina, Water Street Inn, and Stafford’s One Water Street Restaurant. Rick and Dave were known for their enthusiasm and creativity, and for helping to make Boyne City a favorite destination and home for families from all over the country. Rick also involved himself in other ways in the community through his work on the Evangeline Township Planning Commission and by serving on the Northern Michigan Hospital Board and as an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City.
Rick was preceded in death by his parents Harry and Miriam Smith, siblings Phyllis and Dave, and nephew Terry Carr. Rick is survived by his wife Renate; son Derek, his wife Rebecca, and their daughter Elizabeth; and son Joel, his wife Kathy, and their children Olivia and Luke. Rick is also survived by his sister-in-law Elaine and nieces Libby Washburn, Leslie Wright, and Miriam Finet; and nephews Jeff Smith, Mike Smith, Dave, Jr. Smith, and Peter Smith along with their families. All of his family brought Rick great joy. In Germany, Rick is survived by his sister-in-law Bettina Heinrichs, brother-in-law Hans Dieter Heinrichs, and their children Alex and Regina.
Rick’s family has scheduled a memorial service at the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City on November 22, 2014, with final details to be announced at a later date. If you wish to make a gift in Rick’s memory, the family suggests Northern Michigan Equine Therapy (www.nmequine.com) where there is a scholarship in his name or the First Presbyterian Church of Boyne City.
After Camp Vahalla ~ Wildwood on Walloon
(as written by John Cooley in his 2011 Final Version "Walloon Lake Historical Information" )
(as written by John Cooley in his 2011 Final Version "Walloon Lake Historical Information" )
"Rick Smith, a young entrepreneur in Royal Oak, saw that the growth of winter tourism in northern Michigan would likely lead to business expansion in the area. Rick’s position as the Midwestern Regional Director for the Arthritis Foundation was secure and financially rewarding, but he had always thought about owning land in northern Michigan. Rick’s brother Dave was in a similar situation in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; he was the manager of Honeywell’s Chagrin Falls office, was married, and was the father of seven children. Although well established in Ohio, Dave was looking for opportunities in northern Michigan too. Dave and Elaine and their children had often vacationed in Goodhart, located on Lake Michigan and they were hoping to find land there. In 1967 Louise Williams and Jane McNamara decided that they no longer had the energy to run Valhalla on Walloon Lake, and they advertised their entire resort for sale. The timing was perfect for all of these pieces to fit together.
Rick and his new wife Renate, Dave and Elaine, Jack and Eileen Cole, and four other families formed a limited partnership to buy Valhalla, the Harbor House and its lakefront, and one of the original Batcheller cottages. Once the sale was final (they remember signing some of the final papers in a Boyne City phone booth during a pouring rain storm), Rick and Renate moved to Walloon Lake and continued to run Valhalla for the next two years. They put kitchenettes in each of the cottages and abandoned the American plan used by Louise Williams and Jane McNamara. Rick continued his work for the Arthritis Foundation, and Renate continued her work as a physical therapist. The question for the investment group was always the same: What’s the best way to develop this beautiful property on Walloon Lake?
Johnson, Johnson, and Roy, a landscape architecture firm in Ann Arbor, was consulted for site planning. “Cluster housing” (“condominiums”) was the main theme in the various plans considered. Dave Trautmann, a Petoskey architect, was hired to design these condominiums. He designed three different unit styles for “Wildwood on Walloon” with 36 units in the entire complex (to be built in three phases). In 1971 Valhalla was closed permanently. Dave and Elaine Smith moved their family from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to Walloon Lake. Rick and Dave were now ready to steer the actual building of the condominium community. The first sixteen units of Phase 1 were started in September, 1972, and completed in 1975. The sixteen units of Phase II and the four “golf units” of Phase III were completed by 1980.
In the 1960s condominium living was a new concept in the United States, and even in the early 1970s not one condominium complex had been built in northern Michigan. Wildwood on Walloon created many questions and some understandable anxiety for cottage owners along Wildwood Harbor and for the Walloon Lake Association. Would Wildwood threaten the lake itself? Would it disturb the peaceful surroundings that everyone along the harbor had come to expect? How many additional boats would access the lake? One of the subtle victories in the building of Wildwood was that the involved parties, who had very different agendas, resolved their issues without using the court system.
Through the years the residents of Wildwood have tried to respect that the cottage owners “were here first” and have deserved our best efforts to protect their privacy, their quiet surroundings and the pristine nature of the lake we all share. The designers of Wildwood had this in mind as well. In 1974 the Detroit Free Press wrote: “Wildwood on Walloon” is being hailed as a model example for the nation’s resort planners, clearing two beach areas of cottages to provide [200 yards of] green belt between the living units and beautiful Walloon Lake.” Also, the Charlevoix County Soil and Water District presented an award to Wildwood for “preserving and protecting the natural resources of the area.”
In 1992 a unique opportunity arose for Wildwood to be a good neighbor to the nearby cottages on Forest Lane. In 1988 the Health Department and the Walloon Lake Association informed seven cottages that their septic systems were not up to code and were allowing seepage into the lake. Bill Makinen took the lead for the cottagers in a four-year effort to solve this problem, but every single option they explored was rejected by the Health Department. Finally a neighborhood effort involving Wildwood and the seven cottages led to an excellent solution. Ken Tippery (the president of the Wildwood on Walloon Association at that time), Bill Makinen, the owners of the seven cottages, and the Health Department all worked to protect Walloon Lake.
At their own expense, the cottages installed new pumping systems, tapping into Wildwood’s septic field, which had to be enlarged and modified with larger tanks to accommodate the increased septic burden. As part of the septic field’s enlargement, the old lodge that had been central to Camp Valhalla’s activities was torn down. In October, 1992, the new septic system was tested and worked flawlessly.
This collaborative effort will benefit many future generations. Our thanks to Bill Makinen and Ken Tippery for spearheading and overseeing the entire project. Also, thank you to the owners of the seven cottages:
1. Judge Roger and Jane Alexander Barker
2. David and Audrey Fick
3. Vern and Betty Hart
4. Clark and Alice Keller
5. Al and Sally Lieberman
6. Chet and Natalie Litman, daughter Barbara Cullman and husband Bob Packus
7. Bill and Emma Makinen
It has been nearly forty years since Wildwood on Walloon was started. As with all aspects of the Walloon Lake experience, we stand on the foundation left by those who were here before us. May we dedicate ourselves to preserving and even improving all that we have inherited at Walloon Lake. It is a privilege to be here."
Rick and his new wife Renate, Dave and Elaine, Jack and Eileen Cole, and four other families formed a limited partnership to buy Valhalla, the Harbor House and its lakefront, and one of the original Batcheller cottages. Once the sale was final (they remember signing some of the final papers in a Boyne City phone booth during a pouring rain storm), Rick and Renate moved to Walloon Lake and continued to run Valhalla for the next two years. They put kitchenettes in each of the cottages and abandoned the American plan used by Louise Williams and Jane McNamara. Rick continued his work for the Arthritis Foundation, and Renate continued her work as a physical therapist. The question for the investment group was always the same: What’s the best way to develop this beautiful property on Walloon Lake?
Johnson, Johnson, and Roy, a landscape architecture firm in Ann Arbor, was consulted for site planning. “Cluster housing” (“condominiums”) was the main theme in the various plans considered. Dave Trautmann, a Petoskey architect, was hired to design these condominiums. He designed three different unit styles for “Wildwood on Walloon” with 36 units in the entire complex (to be built in three phases). In 1971 Valhalla was closed permanently. Dave and Elaine Smith moved their family from Chagrin Falls, Ohio, to Walloon Lake. Rick and Dave were now ready to steer the actual building of the condominium community. The first sixteen units of Phase 1 were started in September, 1972, and completed in 1975. The sixteen units of Phase II and the four “golf units” of Phase III were completed by 1980.
In the 1960s condominium living was a new concept in the United States, and even in the early 1970s not one condominium complex had been built in northern Michigan. Wildwood on Walloon created many questions and some understandable anxiety for cottage owners along Wildwood Harbor and for the Walloon Lake Association. Would Wildwood threaten the lake itself? Would it disturb the peaceful surroundings that everyone along the harbor had come to expect? How many additional boats would access the lake? One of the subtle victories in the building of Wildwood was that the involved parties, who had very different agendas, resolved their issues without using the court system.
Through the years the residents of Wildwood have tried to respect that the cottage owners “were here first” and have deserved our best efforts to protect their privacy, their quiet surroundings and the pristine nature of the lake we all share. The designers of Wildwood had this in mind as well. In 1974 the Detroit Free Press wrote: “Wildwood on Walloon” is being hailed as a model example for the nation’s resort planners, clearing two beach areas of cottages to provide [200 yards of] green belt between the living units and beautiful Walloon Lake.” Also, the Charlevoix County Soil and Water District presented an award to Wildwood for “preserving and protecting the natural resources of the area.”
In 1992 a unique opportunity arose for Wildwood to be a good neighbor to the nearby cottages on Forest Lane. In 1988 the Health Department and the Walloon Lake Association informed seven cottages that their septic systems were not up to code and were allowing seepage into the lake. Bill Makinen took the lead for the cottagers in a four-year effort to solve this problem, but every single option they explored was rejected by the Health Department. Finally a neighborhood effort involving Wildwood and the seven cottages led to an excellent solution. Ken Tippery (the president of the Wildwood on Walloon Association at that time), Bill Makinen, the owners of the seven cottages, and the Health Department all worked to protect Walloon Lake.
At their own expense, the cottages installed new pumping systems, tapping into Wildwood’s septic field, which had to be enlarged and modified with larger tanks to accommodate the increased septic burden. As part of the septic field’s enlargement, the old lodge that had been central to Camp Valhalla’s activities was torn down. In October, 1992, the new septic system was tested and worked flawlessly.
This collaborative effort will benefit many future generations. Our thanks to Bill Makinen and Ken Tippery for spearheading and overseeing the entire project. Also, thank you to the owners of the seven cottages:
1. Judge Roger and Jane Alexander Barker
2. David and Audrey Fick
3. Vern and Betty Hart
4. Clark and Alice Keller
5. Al and Sally Lieberman
6. Chet and Natalie Litman, daughter Barbara Cullman and husband Bob Packus
7. Bill and Emma Makinen
It has been nearly forty years since Wildwood on Walloon was started. As with all aspects of the Walloon Lake experience, we stand on the foundation left by those who were here before us. May we dedicate ourselves to preserving and even improving all that we have inherited at Walloon Lake. It is a privilege to be here."
Margaret Smith and her husband David "Dave" Smith, "embarked to the shores of Walloon Lake in Boyne City, where they joined Dave's brother rick and his wife Renate in the grand adventure that became Wildwood on Walloon and then the Harborage and One Water Street developments in Boyne City."
Walker/George Christopher>Gillespie Cottage
[George Allen Walker married Marian. >Grandson George Ernest "Gene" and Paula Walker]
[George Allen Walker married Marian. >Grandson George Ernest "Gene" and Paula Walker]
Welch Cottage
Wildwood Harbor
(on the southern shore of Walloon Lake)
(on the southern shore of Walloon Lake)
"In the Fall of 1872 John Jones Jr. and his two sons Clarence and Elliott came north by boat to Boyne City and staked their homestead on their J.E. Jones farm. They then walked through the wilderness to settle on Wildwood Harbor. They had come by boat because it was before when the railroad track was laid to the area. Later the Jones helped to cut the ties (transported by oxen) used for laying the railroad tracks.
Upon arrival they built a log cabin clearing just around place where the cabin sat to get the necessary logs with which to build. They returned to their home and brought their family to their new home in the spring of 1873. Mrs. Jones had brought with her a chest of drawers that she could not bear to part. All went well until they got off the boat in Boyne and then the question of how to get the chest to the homestead came up. Mr. Jones put the frame part of the chest on his back and each of the children took a drawer. They would go as far as they could, set them down and rest, and go on their way through the forest.
Clarence, the oldest son, was able to help his father plant potatoes around the stumps that spring and the two younger children, Elliot and Lillian, were assigned the task of carrying water in small pails from the spring about a quarter of a mile away just beyond their line stakes. This of course was heavily-wooded, and it took great courage on their part to fetch the water, especially they met their first bear. They had been told to stand perfectly still if they saw one, and they did just that when they saw him. It was an experience they never forgot." ~ Mildred Burns, longtime Walloon Lake resident
In the winter of 73, Mr. Jones and Clarence cut ties for the railroad.
Click HERE to access additional information about the local area railroad.
Click HERE to access additional information about the local area railroad.
About a mile southwest of the Jones homestead, was the land of a surveyor, Ed Easton. Ed had found the spot that he thought his brother Hubert who had asthma might like, so the Easton boys Ed, Mark, and Hugh started north in the fall of 1880. They made a covered wagon to travel in, and had a team of horses. They came from southern Michigan and got as far as Cadillac where they had to stop and put runners under their rig because of the snow they encountered. Their team of horses was one of the first ones in the vicinity. The following year of 1881, the Easton boys blazed the first road to through to Boyne City from their home.
Two Photos Below:
The Hemingways at the Wildwood Harbor cottage of cousin Addie and her husband Ellsworth Board
while construction of Windemere was in its infancy... on Bear Lake (Walloon Lake)
The Hemingways at the Wildwood Harbor cottage of cousin Addie and her husband Ellsworth Board
while construction of Windemere was in its infancy... on Bear Lake (Walloon Lake)
Article Below: "Little Church, a short distance from Wildwood Harbor...."
1907 ~ Construction on Wildwood Harbor
[Bachelder/Batchellor/Batchelor ~ Brothers]
[Bachelder/Batchellor/Batchelor ~ Brothers]
"In 1907 Wildwood Harbor on Walloon Lake was transformed forever. Two brothers from Boyne City, George W. and Nelson A. Batcheller, bought all of the land along the shoreline of the central and western portions of the harbor and had it platted. Many of their lots were sold even before the platting process was completed. Also in 1907, the Batcheller brothers built their three-story Wildwood Harbor Inn plus three nearby cottages. In 1913 fire destroyed the Inn, and it was not rebuilt. The Batchellers’ three cottages survived the fire, and they were used as rental properties. Today all three cottages are still standing on Forest Lane (renovations have been made) and are privately owned by the Edwards, Fick (“Greentree”), and Barker (“Tanglewood”) families. In later years the Harbor House was built on the original site of the Wildwood Harbor Inn. The large boulders in the lake out in front of the Harbor House are remnants of the Inn’s original large pier, where steamers docked for deliveries." ~ "Walloon Lake Historical Information" paper by John Cooley (Final Version 2011)
Picturesque Walloon published 1911 described on page 54, Wildwood Harbor:
"One of the beauty spots of the lake and one of the most admired. A harbor or bay with nearly one mile of clean, sandy beach, bordered with forests, shady drives, secluded and inviting paths. Hotel or cottage accommodations. Courteous treatment. Rates reasonable. Write Batchellor Bros, Boyne City, Mich. Props. Hotel Wildwood on Walloon Lake.
"One of the beauty spots of the lake and one of the most admired. A harbor or bay with nearly one mile of clean, sandy beach, bordered with forests, shady drives, secluded and inviting paths. Hotel or cottage accommodations. Courteous treatment. Rates reasonable. Write Batchellor Bros, Boyne City, Mich. Props. Hotel Wildwood on Walloon Lake.
Hotel Wildwood and Wildwood Harbor Inn were both the same. The hotel was large; 3 stories high and 32 rooms.
The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "Batchellor Brother are the proprietors of Wildwood again this season, and announce that they are prepared to take care of the summer trade after their usual good custom. Bathing and fishing will be popular at this resort again this season. A guest at Wildowod may feel reasonably safe from fire, as the hotel is fully equipped with fire escapes."
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Wildwood Harbor Hotel Destroyed By Fire
Hotel Wildwood was built by the Batchelor Brothers (in 1907) on the west shore of Wildwood Harbor.
Wildwood Harbor Preserve
In 1998 the Walloon Lake Trust, with other donations, purchased the Wildwood Preserve from Malcom Goodwin who retained thirty acres of property with a small home on Wildwood Harbor Road. Then, in 2019 WLAC purchased those 30.5 acres with the house and barn to complete the Wildwood Harbor Preserve Complex. By Spring 2021 it was announced that WLAC sold the house to Mike Cortright, an entrepreneur who owns the North Country Cycle in downtown Boyne City. Mike had been searching several years for his perfect home, which this property fulfilled with its surrounding nature trails.
~ Connor Dennis, WLAC Director of Conservation Program publication of Spring 2021 Wallooner on page 13.
~ Connor Dennis, WLAC Director of Conservation Program publication of Spring 2021 Wallooner on page 13.
C.E. Wilson Cottage
Windemere ~ Hemingway Cottage
Dr. Clarence Hemingway's wife Mrs. Grace Hall Hemingway preserved the family photos in her scrapbooks that have been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. View the photos below in a slide show by clicking on PLAY on the upper left corner. This slide show collection of photos includes photos of the land site for the Windermere Cottage, and the beginnings of construction of the cottage mostly in 1899, when Ernest Hemingway was just a baby.
Like the slide show photos above, Dr. Clarence Hemingway's wife Mrs. Grace Hall Hemingway preserved the family photos in her scrapbooks that have been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. View the photos below in a slide show by clicking on PLAY on the upper left corner. This slide show collection of photos include photos of the Windermere Cottage in the beginnings of construction of the cottage... mostly in 1900, going forward. Windemere originally was built for four hundred dollars, with the 20X40 foot space heated sufficiently by a seven foot fireplace designed by Clarence. A screened porch and separate kitchen building were added later. An annex with another three rooms, still standing, was built behind the main cottage.
Dean Wheaton had written in Letters from Bruce County: Written by Pioneer Joseph Bacon 1795-1882: about the history of Henry [Bacon] and son Isaac having come to the Resort Township, Emmet County, Michigan (near Petoskey) in June 1879. Then, in the summer of 1879, they and other settlers cut the first trail through on what is now Resort Pike. This was done so Henry could bring his family (wife Elizabeth and four children ages one to nine) out to the homestead in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen. The homestead was bordered on the east by Resort Pike and to the south and west by the lake. Some of the land was cleared for farming and the lake front subdivided into cottage lots. More history of the Bacon Family can be found in this book on pages 52 and 53, like telling of Dr. Clarence E. Hemingway, father of author Ernest Hemingway, purchasing some of the Bacon Property in 1898.
The article below in April 1921 reported transfers of county properties including that of
"The Bacon homestead on Walloon Lake to George L. Brown, of Kansas City, MO."
"The Bacon homestead on Walloon Lake to George L. Brown, of Kansas City, MO."
Map Section Below: The map of S.J. Brown's Farm (Formerly Henry Bacon's Farm on Walloon Lake, Michigan), shows the parcels that had been purchased by Dr. Hemingway.
The article above said the property was becoming that of George L. Brown rather than S.J. Brown (map below)???
Most Wallooners, and most Hemingway aficionados, are very aware of Cottage Windemere where Ernest Hemingway spent time during his early years. Below is a local 21 January 2005 Petoskey News Review article by Associated Press Writer John Miller titled “Idaho town debates Hemingway house future. The article below roused curiosity of what outcome has evolved for the house where Ernest’s life ended. This 21 minutes of well-presented video produced by Idaho Public Television released to YouTube on 31 November 2021, tells the story of Hemingway's Idaho House interior and the environmental exterior as it related to Ernest's and his wife Mary’s lives. The associations of the house tell the preservation of the home, and how the setting of the home, remain vital to a LIVING Hemingway Legacy. The present “Writers in Residency Program” uses the enhanced garage to “catalyze future creative work”… to allow current-day writers to generate creative work to stay in the space for weeks. The video may be reached by clicking HERE.
Dr. and Grace Hemingway eventually had six children who summered at Windemere:
Marcelline, Ernest, Madelaine "Sunny", Ursula, Carol and Leicester.
Their daughter Carol was the only Hemingway child born at the Windemere Cottage.
Marcelline, Ernest, Madelaine "Sunny", Ursula, Carol and Leicester.
Their daughter Carol was the only Hemingway child born at the Windemere Cottage.
See the Bacon Family information above on this same webpage to view photos and text by Clarence E. Hemingway, M.D. in 1904
of Hemingway's adjacent Bacon neighbor's Barn Raising.
"In 1905 the Hemingways bought Longfield Farm, located just west of Wildwood Harbor and across the lake from Windemere. Grace Hemingway built a cottage on the farm in 1919 (it was known as “Grace Cottage”), which she used as a quiet sanctuary to paint, write music, read, and sing. Longfield Farm was later sold, but Windemere has remained in the family." ~ "Walloon Lake Historical Information" paper by John Cooley (Final Version 2011)
Longfield Farm was often farmed by Warren Sumner with the assistance of Dr. Clarence Hemingway, and his son Ernest. Clarence had hired Sumner who lived nearby to handle the heavy work that required equipment and mules.
Longfield Farm was often farmed by Warren Sumner with the assistance of Dr. Clarence Hemingway, and his son Ernest. Clarence had hired Sumner who lived nearby to handle the heavy work that required equipment and mules.
"Philo Sumner's grandfather traded a farm he owned in southern Michigan for land on Walloon Lake, and arrived by G.R.&I. train in Boyne Falls on May 3, 1883, when there were three feet of snow on the ground. Sumner acreage has been on Sumner Road ever since. Philo's dad's place, the Warren Sumner farm, was located on a hill above Dr. Hemingway's farm which bordered Walloon Lake. Warren farmed the Hemingway farm, and Philo remembers many events in connection that farm operation when he was a boy, including haying. This accomplished two things; it cleaned up the Doctor's farm and it filled the Warren Sumner barn with hay." ~ Page 22 of Bill Ohle's booklet Horton Bay 100 Years"
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Across Walloon Lake from Cottage Windermere was
Longfield Farm where Dr. Hemingway's wife Grace Hall Hemingway often retreated.
Click HERE to view a 2017 video of the Longfield Farm property which was featured "for sale."
Grace retreated to Longfield Farm to retreat into her music, but being the musical person she was,
The article below shows that even as early as 1901 at Walloon Lake,
Grace was sharing her love of music, by giving lessons.
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Across Walloon Lake from Cottage Windermere was
Longfield Farm where Dr. Hemingway's wife Grace Hall Hemingway often retreated.
Click HERE to view a 2017 video of the Longfield Farm property which was featured "for sale."
Grace retreated to Longfield Farm to retreat into her music, but being the musical person she was,
The article below shows that even as early as 1901 at Walloon Lake,
Grace was sharing her love of music, by giving lessons.
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The photos in the slideshow below were preserved by Ernest Hemingway's mother Grace Hall Hemingway in one of her family scrapbooks that have been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University. To view the slideshow below of "Longfield Farm Life Happenings" click PLAY in the upper left corner.
A photo of "Topsy" the Hemingway's MILK DEPOT is included in the photos below. Leicester Hemingway explained his brother Ernest's daily chore: "Ernest was given the daily errand of the 'milk run,' bringing Mason jars of milk from the Bacon farm half a mile away and returning the empty jars."
A photo of "Topsy" the Hemingway's MILK DEPOT is included in the photos below. Leicester Hemingway explained his brother Ernest's daily chore: "Ernest was given the daily errand of the 'milk run,' bringing Mason jars of milk from the Bacon farm half a mile away and returning the empty jars."
Mrs. Grace Hemingway, mother of Ernest Hemingway, had preserved this photo below of a painting, in her family album which has been digitized by Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University labeled as: "Bacon's Pasture just behind Windemere".
The Hemingway Family traveled from their Chicago, Illinois, home by luxury ship to Harbor Springs, Michigan, often the Manitou like in the photo below. Their Walloon Lake location was about 300 miles from their Illinois home. Next, from Harbor Springs the Hemingways rode a train around Little Traverse Bay around to Petoskey, and then on to Walloon Lake. After arriving by train in Walloon Lake Village, the Hemingway Family had still to take a steamer ride to their summer home Windemere on the Main Basin/Pre-West Arm.
The 1910 article below states about Dr. Hemingway: "He has demonstrated his belief in the locality by purchasing a beautiful 'forty' on the Henry Bacon farm and by building his pretty summer home known as 'Windemere' there."
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Article Below: The brother of author Ernest Hemingway, Leicester Hemingway was also an author in his own right. One novel The Sound of the Trumpet (1953) was based on his own experiences during WWII in Germany and France.
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Verification in the local 27 September 1947 Petoskey Evening News below that
Ernest Hemingway really did visit Windemere another time;
after 1921 when he had spent his honeymoon with Hadley at Windemere.
Ernest Hemingway really did visit Windemere another time;
after 1921 when he had spent his honeymoon with Hadley at Windemere.
"Doctor Daddy" Clarence Hemingway
1914
Father of six children counting Leicester in 1915, Windermere Cottage, and Longfield Farm...
1914
Father of six children counting Leicester in 1915, Windermere Cottage, and Longfield Farm...
Wedding Announcement below in the 5 September 1921 Petoskey Evening News...
Although Hemingway was spelled with TWO M's,
this is the local wedding announcement for Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway
to have married in Horton Bay near to Windemere.
Click HERE for additional information about Hemingway on this same web master's "Horton Bay" web page.
Photo Below taken 13 July 1915: Dr. Clarence and Grace Hemingway's entire family... with all six children;
Marcelline (1898), Ernest (1899), Madelaine "Sunny" (1904), Ursula (1902), Carol (1911) and Leicester (1915).
Marcelline (1898), Ernest (1899), Madelaine "Sunny" (1904), Ursula (1902), Carol (1911) and Leicester (1915).
"LOVELY WALLOONA"
The Hemingway Family loved Walloon Lake... Grace Hall Hemingway loved the lake so much that she, being a highly respected musical person, wrote the words and music to her song titled "Lovely Walloona". So, it was no surprise to see the photo below found in Grace's Family Photo Scrapbook with Grace's handwritten title of "Lovely Walloona".
Grace's youngest child, Leicester wrote in his book titled My Brother, Earnest Hemingway.
Below: The front cover of the "Lovely Walloona" music/words sheet was autographed by Grace Hall~Hemingway
as referenced in the news article above:
"Miss Ruth Carpenter. Compliments of the composer."
as referenced in the news article above:
"Miss Ruth Carpenter. Compliments of the composer."
Carol Hemingway Sanford Coolidge, 88 (6 May 2013 ~ Petoskey News Review)
Former Grosse Pointe and Walloon Lake resident Carol Hemingway Sanford Coolidge, 88, passed away on April 19, 2013, in Falls Church, Va., after an extended battle with Parkinson's disease.
She was born in Detroit on Sept. 19, 1923, to Marcelline Hemingway Sanford and Sterling Skillman Sanford. After graduating from Grosse Pointe High School, she attended Mac Murray College and later graduated from Michigan State University.
She married David Allen Coolidge in 1953 and their son, David Allen Coolidge Jr., was born in 1956. The Coolidges lived in the city of Grosse Pointe, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y., and Grosse Pointe Farms. In the early 1980s, they retired to Chapel Hill, N.C.
In Grosse Pointe, Mrs. Coolidge was active in Grosse Pointe Memorial Church and served as a deacon in 1974-77. Other activities included the League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, theater arts and assisting teachers at Grosse Pointe South High School grading and correcting students' papers. When she moved to Chapel Hill, she was active in Presbyterian Church and in tutoring urban youth in reading. Her retirement years included several cruises and trips abroad. After her husband's death in 1995, she moved to Goodwin House, a retirement facility in Falls Church, Va., to be near to her son, David Jr. In 2002, her son tragically died at age 46 from brain cancer.
Mrs. Coolidge is survived by her devoted daughter-in-law, Joan Orgon Coolidge, of Falls Church, Va.; and three grandchildren, Daniel Coolidge, Samuel Coolidge and Rosalind Coolidge. Her siblings, James Sterling Sanford (wife, Marian) of Petoskey, and John Edmonds Sanford (wife, Judith), of Tiburon, Calif., survive her as do numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service took place on April 22 at her residence at Goodwin House, and later this year her ashes will be spread near her beloved summer cottage on Walloon Lake.
Former Grosse Pointe and Walloon Lake resident Carol Hemingway Sanford Coolidge, 88, passed away on April 19, 2013, in Falls Church, Va., after an extended battle with Parkinson's disease.
She was born in Detroit on Sept. 19, 1923, to Marcelline Hemingway Sanford and Sterling Skillman Sanford. After graduating from Grosse Pointe High School, she attended Mac Murray College and later graduated from Michigan State University.
She married David Allen Coolidge in 1953 and their son, David Allen Coolidge Jr., was born in 1956. The Coolidges lived in the city of Grosse Pointe, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y., and Grosse Pointe Farms. In the early 1980s, they retired to Chapel Hill, N.C.
In Grosse Pointe, Mrs. Coolidge was active in Grosse Pointe Memorial Church and served as a deacon in 1974-77. Other activities included the League of Women Voters, American Association of University Women, theater arts and assisting teachers at Grosse Pointe South High School grading and correcting students' papers. When she moved to Chapel Hill, she was active in Presbyterian Church and in tutoring urban youth in reading. Her retirement years included several cruises and trips abroad. After her husband's death in 1995, she moved to Goodwin House, a retirement facility in Falls Church, Va., to be near to her son, David Jr. In 2002, her son tragically died at age 46 from brain cancer.
Mrs. Coolidge is survived by her devoted daughter-in-law, Joan Orgon Coolidge, of Falls Church, Va.; and three grandchildren, Daniel Coolidge, Samuel Coolidge and Rosalind Coolidge. Her siblings, James Sterling Sanford (wife, Marian) of Petoskey, and John Edmonds Sanford (wife, Judith), of Tiburon, Calif., survive her as do numerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial service took place on April 22 at her residence at Goodwin House, and later this year her ashes will be spread near her beloved summer cottage on Walloon Lake.
~ Ernest Hemingway's nephew (son of Marcelline Hemingway) James Sterling Sanford passed away 2021 ~
Photo Below: Ernest Hemingway passed away 2 July 1961.
Photo/Text and Articles Below: Here are articles reported in the Petoskey News Review telling of “Hemingway Happenings” during the last couple years of his life. The photo/text of Ernest and last (fourth wife) Mary, shows them smiling as they are “off on a tour of Spain, France, and Italy. Ernest wanted to see some bullfights and finish a new novel;" quite possible his non fiction The Dangerous Summer, published posthumously, OR, other possibilities proposed by John Hargrove are as follows: "I'm not sure which "new novel" the press referred to. He had been working on what would eventually be published posthumously as "The Garden of Eden." He was also working on "A Moveable Feast," having delivered a manuscript to Scribner's at the beginning of November 1959 before withdrawing it. In June 1960, LIFE magazine agreed to publish "The Dangerous Summer" in three installments, which happened starting September 5th. So maybe it was "The Dangerous Summer" they had in mind."
The Petoskey paper told only of happenings in Spain where he became ill in August 1960. It was only 11 months later that Ernest was dead. The article here told that Mary claimed Ernest’s death was an accident, but, yes, it later was reported that Mary told that the death was not an accident. Mary became the owner of Walloon's Windemere, turning it over to Ernest's sister Sunny whose family beautifully, and historically, has maintained the property.
UPDATE: Ernest only made it as far as Madrid on the tour. Mary never went to Spain with Ernest; she stayed in New York. Actually, it was A.E. Hotchner who returned from Spain with Ernest, and then met up with Mary, who then realized how ill Ernest was. Around August 25th he, Mary and Valerie (who will be at this year's Walloon Lake Writers' Retreat) left Cuba and took a ferry to Key West, where they visited the Bruces and the Thompsons, and all stayed the evening at the Santa Maria Motel on Simonton Street. After a day or so, they traveled to Miami where Ernest took a plane on his own to New York, where he met up with Hotchner for urgent business, while Mary and Valerie took the train from Miami to New York.
Although the plan was for Ernest to leave for Spain on August 1st, tropical storm Brenda hit the city and caused a few days delay. On August 4th, Ernest flew from New York to Spain, leaving both Mary and Valerie behind in New York. Despite some beliefs, Hotchner did not travel with Ernest.
Ernest arrived in Madrid on the 5th. He stayed at the Suecia Hotel. Around August 8th Hotchner sent a cable to Mary saying that it was being reported in the press that Ernest had collapsed at the bullfights in Malaga and was very ill. Mary began making immediate plans to fly to Spain, but eventually received word that Ernest was denying all the press reports and was fine. In the meantime, Valerie had traveled to Paris.
On August 15th, Ernest wrote to Mary that he was beginning to fear a "complete physical and nervous crack-up" after realizing he was in a stay of severe depression. He asked for Valerie to come to Madrid to help ease his mind. So, Mary arranged a flight for Valerie.
When Valerie arrived, she was shocked at the state Ernest was in. He had lost a lot of weight and was seemed anxious. But, they joined up with Bill Davis (who was rather guarded of Ernest at this point) and dined nightly at the same restaurant in Madrid (with Ernest ordering the same meal every time) and proceeded to follow the corridas with Davis acting as driver to each location.
In early September, Ernest had written to Hotchner to complain about the "lousy shape" he was in, noting that he "Never was so dead in the head in my life but it is starting to pull out of it."
But Ernest didn't pull out of it. By October 2nd, Hotchner had become worried enough that he took it upon himself to fly to Spain and assess Ernest's condition. What he found was a man on the verge of raving. Ernest even told Hotchner that he thought Davis was trying to kill him.
On October 8th, Hotchner and Ernest flew back to New York. They met up with Mary, and several days later left for Ketchum by train (hoping that the trip would do Ernest some good). But when they got to Ketchum, his mental state rapidly declined. After several weeks, Ernest was finally convinced to fly out to Rochester, MN, and be admitted into the Mayo Clinic. ~ Hemingway Aficianado John Hargrove
The Petoskey paper told only of happenings in Spain where he became ill in August 1960. It was only 11 months later that Ernest was dead. The article here told that Mary claimed Ernest’s death was an accident, but, yes, it later was reported that Mary told that the death was not an accident. Mary became the owner of Walloon's Windemere, turning it over to Ernest's sister Sunny whose family beautifully, and historically, has maintained the property.
UPDATE: Ernest only made it as far as Madrid on the tour. Mary never went to Spain with Ernest; she stayed in New York. Actually, it was A.E. Hotchner who returned from Spain with Ernest, and then met up with Mary, who then realized how ill Ernest was. Around August 25th he, Mary and Valerie (who will be at this year's Walloon Lake Writers' Retreat) left Cuba and took a ferry to Key West, where they visited the Bruces and the Thompsons, and all stayed the evening at the Santa Maria Motel on Simonton Street. After a day or so, they traveled to Miami where Ernest took a plane on his own to New York, where he met up with Hotchner for urgent business, while Mary and Valerie took the train from Miami to New York.
Although the plan was for Ernest to leave for Spain on August 1st, tropical storm Brenda hit the city and caused a few days delay. On August 4th, Ernest flew from New York to Spain, leaving both Mary and Valerie behind in New York. Despite some beliefs, Hotchner did not travel with Ernest.
Ernest arrived in Madrid on the 5th. He stayed at the Suecia Hotel. Around August 8th Hotchner sent a cable to Mary saying that it was being reported in the press that Ernest had collapsed at the bullfights in Malaga and was very ill. Mary began making immediate plans to fly to Spain, but eventually received word that Ernest was denying all the press reports and was fine. In the meantime, Valerie had traveled to Paris.
On August 15th, Ernest wrote to Mary that he was beginning to fear a "complete physical and nervous crack-up" after realizing he was in a stay of severe depression. He asked for Valerie to come to Madrid to help ease his mind. So, Mary arranged a flight for Valerie.
When Valerie arrived, she was shocked at the state Ernest was in. He had lost a lot of weight and was seemed anxious. But, they joined up with Bill Davis (who was rather guarded of Ernest at this point) and dined nightly at the same restaurant in Madrid (with Ernest ordering the same meal every time) and proceeded to follow the corridas with Davis acting as driver to each location.
In early September, Ernest had written to Hotchner to complain about the "lousy shape" he was in, noting that he "Never was so dead in the head in my life but it is starting to pull out of it."
But Ernest didn't pull out of it. By October 2nd, Hotchner had become worried enough that he took it upon himself to fly to Spain and assess Ernest's condition. What he found was a man on the verge of raving. Ernest even told Hotchner that he thought Davis was trying to kill him.
On October 8th, Hotchner and Ernest flew back to New York. They met up with Mary, and several days later left for Ketchum by train (hoping that the trip would do Ernest some good). But when they got to Ketchum, his mental state rapidly declined. After several weeks, Ernest was finally convinced to fly out to Rochester, MN, and be admitted into the Mayo Clinic. ~ Hemingway Aficianado John Hargrove
Article Below: In 1970 when Joe Bacon was ready to turn 100, Joe told about having been fictionalized in one of Ernest Hemingway's stories... "Ten Indians". Joe, perhaps, had been too close to the real experience to accept the license of an author to embellish the truth. The article is interesting in that it adds insight into the Hemingway Family from someone who actually knew them, and the Bacon Family had even sold the land upon which the Hemingway's Windemere cottage rests.
~ Ernest Hemingway Commemorative Stamp ~
1989
1989
Almost 100 fans of Ernest Hemingway packed the Little Traverse Historical Society Museum
to get a special postal cancelation on special envelopes with commemorative stamps of the author
as shown in the three photos below.
to get a special postal cancelation on special envelopes with commemorative stamps of the author
as shown in the three photos below.
Happy 98th Birthday Ernest Hemingway!
1997
1997
~ Hemingway's Home in Cuba ~
Hemingway's "Finca Vigia" library numbered about 9000 books covering his various reading interests, including hunting an fishing.
One of the very best presentations of Hemingway's connections to the local Northern Michigan places may be accessed by clicking HERE.
At the end of the above blog page are links also to other Hemingway associated places.
At the end of the above blog page are links also to other Hemingway associated places.
Clarke Library at Central Michigan University has a treasure trove of Hemingway memorabilia.
A Hemingway Family Scrapbook by be accessed by clicking HERE.
A Hemingway Family Scrapbook by be accessed by clicking HERE.