~ WEST ARM OF WALLOON LAKE ~
(North End of the West Arm is MUD LAKE)
MUD LAKE now is being called MILL POND
as of 2022.
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(North End of the West Arm is MUD LAKE)
MUD LAKE now is being called MILL POND
as of 2022.
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Points of Interest on the West Arm
J. D. Anderson Estate
Baer's Den Bear Cove Marina/Harrington Marine Bell's Resort Borisch/Jonathan Borisch/Matt Breithaupt/Herman and Ida > to son Charlie (Hemlock Point > Walloon West) Buettner/ Karl Butter Bowl Factory (Owned by A.K. Smith) Camp Daggett Camp Walloon Cavell/ George and Lois' Log Cabin and Andrew J. Taylor Crane Farm Curtis/Chalmers Doherty/George Eagle Island/Hemlock Point (C.H. Camburn > Frank Davis) Frentz/Hoganson Families Gruler/Glaza/Stevens Cotttage Hidden Valley Camp (near Bear Cove Marina/Harrington Marine) Hilltop Camp (Mrs. Doris Wauters) Hills of Walloon Hoffman's Point/ Ryan's-Bruegeman's/ Fettig Jones Landing Indiana Beach Area Kilbourne Family Kritcher's Bay (Camp Walloon for young Jewish boys) Lake Grove Hotel/ Francis Morford > Edwin Morford >Jacob and Martha Rehkopf > John and Phyllis Speelman Manthei Mill Miller/ Herb Morford/Clyde Henry and Morford Road Namesake Mud Lake (Mill Pond) Maus/Norcross Family Neff/Richard and Myrtle Nulsen - Balke - Hargrave Olds/A.W. & daughter Mrs. John Ferris Rehkopf Farm (previously owned by Edwin Morford) Sergent/Nell and Pablo St. Louis Club (Purchased in 1940 by Allan McCune and T. Chalmers Curtis) Troutdale VanDermark/John log cabin (One of the oldest buildings on Walloon Lake) Old Weller Farm log cabin Walloon Lake Manufacturing Company (Woodenware) Wilhoit/Ice/Smith, Phillip and Barbara Zenith Heights (Owned by Andrew J. Taylor in 1872) |
Map Section shown above is part of the entire 1907 map of Walloon Lake which may be accessed by clicking HERE.
In the book titled Resort Township Remembers on page 132, it described Edward Couch's discovery that Bear Lake (Walloon) had a West Arm. Couch had gone looking for a man named Tom Weir whom he knew lived on the south side of the lake. Couch found the lake had more territory for him to walk, than he had figured. He finally reached "old Sheboyton's place, later owned by Van Dermarks" where Couch hired one of the sons to take him more distance, by canoe, to his destination.
1881 ~ Walloon Lake Manufacturing Company
(Woodenware)
(Woodenware)
Bay Township Charlevoix County Officials
1901
Supervisor ~ E. C. Chew of Horton's Bay
Clerk ~ Hartley G. White of Horton's Bay
Treasurer ~ Jacob Kaler of Bay Shore
Highway Commissioner ~ Frank Davis of Petoskey
1901
Supervisor ~ E. C. Chew of Horton's Bay
Clerk ~ Hartley G. White of Horton's Bay
Treasurer ~ Jacob Kaler of Bay Shore
Highway Commissioner ~ Frank Davis of Petoskey
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Resort Township Emmet County MI Officials
1902
Justice of the Peace ~ C.J. Wooden of Petoskey (Also Director of School District No. 3)
Clerk ~ L.E. Tubbs of Petoskey
1906
CONGRESSIONAL SERIAL SET published in 1906 on page 343 describes the Walloon Lake District water [Article left is from 1901]:
"A well is reported to flow on the Rokopf [sic ~ Rehkoph] farm on the west arm of Walloon Lake, but was not visited.
At the outlet of Walloon Lake a well 175 feet deep is reported to have flowed until it became clogged because of imperfect casing. This well is thought to have entered a gray shale at about 100 feet.
There was a flowing well at the tie mill by Bear Creek at Clarion, but it has been out of use for some years, and appears to have stopped flowing, though the writer did not visit the spot to ascertain the present condition.
These wells are all located in valleys bordered by prominent drift ridges and are of value in showing the promising prospects for development of a flowing-well district in the valleys."
"A well is reported to flow on the Rokopf [sic ~ Rehkoph] farm on the west arm of Walloon Lake, but was not visited.
At the outlet of Walloon Lake a well 175 feet deep is reported to have flowed until it became clogged because of imperfect casing. This well is thought to have entered a gray shale at about 100 feet.
There was a flowing well at the tie mill by Bear Creek at Clarion, but it has been out of use for some years, and appears to have stopped flowing, though the writer did not visit the spot to ascertain the present condition.
These wells are all located in valleys bordered by prominent drift ridges and are of value in showing the promising prospects for development of a flowing-well district in the valleys."
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East Bank Of The West Arm of Walloon Lake
In Resort Township Emmet County
In Resort Township Emmet County
Posted on above website on January 2014:
3640 Lake Grove Road, located 2.5 miles south of US-31 or 1.3 miles off Intertown Road...
The Walloon Lake Estate of J.D. Anderson- Founder of ANDERSON ARCHERY
J.D. Anderson, founder of Anderson Archery Corporation in Grand Ledge, Michigan, had a tremendous respect for nature, hunting & the open water and is evident in every room of his gigantic 12,000 sq. ft. estate on Walloon Lake in Petoskey, MI. Massive pieces of wood from recovered Great Lakes shipwrecks pepper this rambling estate. The home, known as simply The Anderhof by friends and family, is brimming with interesting and unique pieces and rich with history. It truly is remarkable.
The Anderhof Estate is scheduled for demolition so, in additon to the entire contents of the house, guest house, garages and outbuildings being sold, ALL OF THE FIXTURES WILL BE SOLD, as well!!! That includes anything and everything that can be removed. Garage doors, cabinets, lighting, windows, sinks, plumbing, electrical, walls, floors, doors, etc. BRING TOOLS & A HELPER IF YOU WANT FIXTURES. If it can be removed...it's for sale.
Jerry D. "JD" Anderson
Oct. 12, 1924 - Aug. 12, 2013.
JD's impact while on this earth is unparalleled. He shared his wisdom and values with young and old. He is remembered for his generosity, humor, intellect and contributions to so many lives.
JD was born in St. Johns, Mich., to Don and Thelma Anderson. JD was the quarterback of Grand Ledge's first undefeated football team and class president in 1941. JD served as a lieutenant in World War II, piloting the B-29 bomber. He served in the Michigan National Guard for many years after the war. After graduating from General Motors Institute, he founded Anderson Archery in 1952. He was a pioneer in worldwide distribution and retail sales of archery products. JD was past president and a Paul Harris fellow of the Grand Ledge Rotary Club, with 35 years of perfect attendance. He was former chief of the Grand Ledge volunteer Fire Dept. JD often volunteered with local charities and food banks. He was a generous supporter of MSU and a member of the football TV broadcast team for many years. He was recognized as an honorary alumnus and a varsity S club member of Michigan State University. A multi-faceted individual, JD was an engaging storyteller, avid outdoorsman, golfer, and taught each of his nine children to sail and downhill ski. JD was an avid collector of rare antiques, boats, cars and fire engines. He collected and assembled the only complete collection of Department 56 snow village.
JD's greatest legacy is his large family; his nine children, Mike (Carol), Pat (Betsy), Michele (Shea) Bonhag, Bill (Dawn), Linda (Jim) King, Cindy (Evan), John (Mary Jo), Carol Jenks and Nancy (Rob) Deno; 27 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; his brother, Jim Anderson; the mother of his children, Shirley Toaz; and his wonderful caregivers, Helen Hautz, Rose Mills and Trudy Rose.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Both will be held at Holihan-Atkin Funeral Home, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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3640 Lake Grove Road, located 2.5 miles south of US-31 or 1.3 miles off Intertown Road...
The Walloon Lake Estate of J.D. Anderson- Founder of ANDERSON ARCHERY
J.D. Anderson, founder of Anderson Archery Corporation in Grand Ledge, Michigan, had a tremendous respect for nature, hunting & the open water and is evident in every room of his gigantic 12,000 sq. ft. estate on Walloon Lake in Petoskey, MI. Massive pieces of wood from recovered Great Lakes shipwrecks pepper this rambling estate. The home, known as simply The Anderhof by friends and family, is brimming with interesting and unique pieces and rich with history. It truly is remarkable.
The Anderhof Estate is scheduled for demolition so, in additon to the entire contents of the house, guest house, garages and outbuildings being sold, ALL OF THE FIXTURES WILL BE SOLD, as well!!! That includes anything and everything that can be removed. Garage doors, cabinets, lighting, windows, sinks, plumbing, electrical, walls, floors, doors, etc. BRING TOOLS & A HELPER IF YOU WANT FIXTURES. If it can be removed...it's for sale.
Jerry D. "JD" Anderson
Oct. 12, 1924 - Aug. 12, 2013.
JD's impact while on this earth is unparalleled. He shared his wisdom and values with young and old. He is remembered for his generosity, humor, intellect and contributions to so many lives.
JD was born in St. Johns, Mich., to Don and Thelma Anderson. JD was the quarterback of Grand Ledge's first undefeated football team and class president in 1941. JD served as a lieutenant in World War II, piloting the B-29 bomber. He served in the Michigan National Guard for many years after the war. After graduating from General Motors Institute, he founded Anderson Archery in 1952. He was a pioneer in worldwide distribution and retail sales of archery products. JD was past president and a Paul Harris fellow of the Grand Ledge Rotary Club, with 35 years of perfect attendance. He was former chief of the Grand Ledge volunteer Fire Dept. JD often volunteered with local charities and food banks. He was a generous supporter of MSU and a member of the football TV broadcast team for many years. He was recognized as an honorary alumnus and a varsity S club member of Michigan State University. A multi-faceted individual, JD was an engaging storyteller, avid outdoorsman, golfer, and taught each of his nine children to sail and downhill ski. JD was an avid collector of rare antiques, boats, cars and fire engines. He collected and assembled the only complete collection of Department 56 snow village.
JD's greatest legacy is his large family; his nine children, Mike (Carol), Pat (Betsy), Michele (Shea) Bonhag, Bill (Dawn), Linda (Jim) King, Cindy (Evan), John (Mary Jo), Carol Jenks and Nancy (Rob) Deno; 27 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; his brother, Jim Anderson; the mother of his children, Shirley Toaz; and his wonderful caregivers, Helen Hautz, Rose Mills and Trudy Rose.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16. Both will be held at Holihan-Atkin Funeral Home, Grand Ledge, Mich.
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Baer's Den
J.Z. Davis' daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. John Baer built and ran their resort the Baer's Den Hotel in 1909. Louis Fotchman ran the hotel for about seven years. The Baer's Den Hotel burned to the ground years later in 1925, a different owner ran the hotel as a "blind pig", to be followed by arson which destroyed the property.
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Clyde H. Morford in 1902 of Resort Township was a farmer and the proprietor of C.H. Morford's addition to Lake Grove, situated on the east bank of the west arm of Walloon Lake, seven miles from Talcott and Petoskey; lots for sale at reasonable prices and terms.
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The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "Baer's Den has been refitted and redecorated and presents a very fine appearance, while the dining room has been enlarged considerably. Chicken dinners will be given Wednesdays and Saturdays, and fish dinners, Fridays."
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Clyde H. Morford in 1902 of Resort Township was a farmer and the proprietor of C.H. Morford's addition to Lake Grove, situated on the east bank of the west arm of Walloon Lake, seven miles from Talcott and Petoskey; lots for sale at reasonable prices and terms.
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The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "Baer's Den has been refitted and redecorated and presents a very fine appearance, while the dining room has been enlarged considerably. Chicken dinners will be given Wednesdays and Saturdays, and fish dinners, Fridays."
The Baer’s Den Hotel burned down in 1925, but the Lake Grove Hotel operated into the 1960s...
My grandparents and family took an overnight through-train from central Indiana. At the Petoskey train station, they changed to what I always heard referred to as the “dummy train” which went out to Walloon Lake village, at the foot of the lake. Then they loaded all their trunks onto one of the steamer boats, such as the Tourist. It took them to the Lake Grove Hotel dock, then onto a boardwalk to their first cottage, about the 7th cottage north of the Lake Grove Hotel. After 1907, they got off at the Baer’s Den Hotel dock and again walked on a boardwalk to their newly built cottage, the 5th cottage south of the Baer’s Den Hotel. (The Baer’s Den Hotel burned down in 1925, but the Lake Grove Hotel operated into the 1960s.) In those days, the social life centered around the hotel communities. Sunday dinner was usually served and attended by many of the “cottagers” followed by visiting and games for the kids. Once a week, the hotel would take the men to town shopping for groceries and other necessities-usually an all day trip by horse and wagon. The women had occasional tea parties for their friends, who all dressed up in their best. The ladies always had on long dresses and the little girls, even when playing, wore dresses.
~ Barbara (Ice) Smith
~ Barbara (Ice) Smith
Today's Baer's Den!
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Henry Stumpf of Resort Township in 1902 was a farmer who had a fine farm of eighty acres five and a half miles southwest of Petoskey, and half a mile from Walloon Lake, that he offers for sale at a reasonable price and terms; has seventy acres improved, ten acres good timber; has three springs on place and plenty of good stone; good orchard and fair buildings.
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In 1885 Jerome Z. Davis purchased the land across on the West Arm from Eagle Island where Jeromes's brother Frank lived. Jerome Davis named his resort Troutdale, because he stocked his own trout ponds to entice visitors who could look, but not fish for the trout. Troutdale closed about 1909 when Jerome Davis' daughter who was married to John Baer, built the Baer's Den Hotel on the Davis property.
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Picturesque Walloon published in 1911 has the following point of interest to tourists about Clyde Baer on page 55:
"General merchandise; resort trade catered to. Post office in building. Walloon Lake Mich."
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Picturesque Walloon published in 1911 has the following point of interest to tourists about Baer's Den on page 55:
"A new and commodious hotel located pleasantly on the west arm of the lake, commanding a fine view. Here the annual regatta of the Walloon Lake Yacht Club takes place---a feature well worth mention. Cold spring water of medicinal properties is piped through the house. The adjoining farm insures a profusion of fresh fruits and vegetables, butter, eggs and cream. Large, airy rooms, spacious verandas. Capacity 75. Rates on application. John Baer, Prop., R.F.D. No. 1 Petoskey, Mich."
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Picturesque Walloon published in 1911 has the following point of interest to tourists about Clyde Baer on page 55:
"General merchandise; resort trade catered to. Post office in building. Walloon Lake Mich."
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Picturesque Walloon published in 1911 has the following point of interest to tourists about Baer's Den on page 55:
"A new and commodious hotel located pleasantly on the west arm of the lake, commanding a fine view. Here the annual regatta of the Walloon Lake Yacht Club takes place---a feature well worth mention. Cold spring water of medicinal properties is piped through the house. The adjoining farm insures a profusion of fresh fruits and vegetables, butter, eggs and cream. Large, airy rooms, spacious verandas. Capacity 75. Rates on application. John Baer, Prop., R.F.D. No. 1 Petoskey, Mich."
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The Rekopf Farm was 80 acres in size with 900 feet of lakeshore on Walloon Lake.
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The Butter Bowl Factory was located at the end of the West Arm... Mud Lake. The factory was later moved to The Foot of Walloon Lake where it had better access to the wood/trees needed to make the bowls. On page 159 of Resort Township Remembers was written: "In 1881 A.K. Smith operated a wooden bowl factory located on the east side of Blackbird Road south of Intertown Road. Here he found maple and elm timber plentiful which was the wood most suitable for making the wooden bowls. They averaged about 200 bowls a day when the mill was in good condition. The wooden bowls were of superior quality with some of them made of birdseye maple. In the fall of 1884 "Bowler" Smith, as he was called, had a new factory built in the village of Walloon Lake where he had better shipping arrangements."
Another source stated the factory had been located on the north arm before moving to The Foot.
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Another source stated the factory had been located on the north arm before moving to The Foot.
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~ MUD LAKE ~
(Mill Pond)
(Mill Pond)
Two Photos Above: Big Rock Nuclear Power Plant ultimately rested on the shore of Lake Michigan off the point of Mud Lake... an extension of the west arm of Walloon Lake. The waters of Walloon never run directly into Lake Michigan, but rather flow to the foot of Walloon Lake to rush down the Bear River to reach Little Traverse Bay, there reaching Lake Michigan. The Power Plant does not show in the photo below because the plant was dismantled by 2006, although eight spent fuel casks still remain.
Photo Below: Photographer Odalaigh was looking north-west over Walloon Lake toward Little Traverse Bay of Lake Michigan in the background. The upper smaller part at the end of the West Arm is known as Mud Lake. Mud Lake was referred to in the item above regarding the Butter Bowl Factory's original location.
Photo Credit: Odalaigh
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Maus/Norcross Family
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Ryan Bentley (231) 439-9342 - [email protected] | October 25, 2012
PETOSKEY -- The Emmet County Road Commission soon will be considering a proposal to abandon the southernmost 450 feet of Townsend Road, with Resort Township seeking to take control of that area where the road meets Walloon Lake. A public hearing concerning the road-end abandonment is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the road commission's Harbor Springs office. Resort Township supervisor Bob Wheaton said township officials submitted a request earlier this year to the road commission for abandonment of the 66-foot-wide road end area, with hopes of improving on public lake access there in the future.
PETOSKEY -- The Emmet County Road Commission soon will be considering a proposal to abandon the southernmost 450 feet of Townsend Road, with Resort Township seeking to take control of that area where the road meets Walloon Lake. A public hearing concerning the road-end abandonment is scheduled for 8:15 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, at the road commission's Harbor Springs office. Resort Township supervisor Bob Wheaton said township officials submitted a request earlier this year to the road commission for abandonment of the 66-foot-wide road end area, with hopes of improving on public lake access there in the future.
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SCHOOL
Muhqua Nebis A compilation of Legends of Walloon by Dorothy Munson Krenrich and published by Walloon Trust, mentioned on page 2, a Walloon Lake School: "The Indian children attended the one-room public school located on the east side of Resort Pike a short distance north of the entrance to South Indian Garden Road. Perhaps the best known of these Indian families were the Boltons whose children, Richard and Prudence, were close friends of Ernest and Sunny Hemingway."
Camp Michigania
(separate webpage exists on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website for Camp Michigania)
(separate webpage exists on this Walloon Lake Wanderings website for Camp Michigania)
Camp Michigania is located on the West Shore of Walloon Lake near the entrance to the West Arm.
Camp Sherwood (Boys' Camp) and Camp Huntington (Girls' Camp) became Camp Michigania.
Camp Walloon for Jewish Boys.
Camp Sherwood (Boys' Camp) and Camp Huntington (Girls' Camp) became Camp Michigania.
Camp Walloon for Jewish Boys.
George and Lois Cavell's Log Cabin
The accompanying article to the photo above stated: "History records that Andrew J. Taylor homesteaded land on the West Arm near the end of Reycraft Road in 1872. 'In 1884 a part of the homestead became what for many years was known as Zenith Heights (see land for sale on Zenith Heights in article below),' reports Legends of Walloon history book. 'Between the years of 1886 and 1925 the remaining farm land was the home of William Weller and later his son Ray and family. Their home was a log cabin that had been built sometime prior to 1886.' George Cavell's family purchased the log farmhouse and the surrounding property from the Wellers in 1934.... George was a counselor at Camp Sherwood for one summer, and also remembers Hilltop Camp which was not far from their property, with Madame Waters presiding over the 30 or 40 kids... The campers would come to the Cavell's place because a nearby beach was available for the kids as long as they didn't build fires."
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John and Anna Crane Farm
Mrs. Anna Crane was a Centurion the same year that Petoskey celebrated its Centennial.
John and Anna Crane had connections to Petoskey's Bill & Carol's Westside Grocery.
1952
John and Anna Crane had connections to Petoskey's Bill & Carol's Westside Grocery.
1952
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George Doherty
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Joe Hoffman Jr.'s father Joe, and Joe Sr.'s brother Ed Hoffman, and Lewis Thelan worked for the Cavell's for many year. Also with the Cavell's cabin was a big barn that was later a guest house just up from the cabin. Jen Cavelle had horses, and entered in horse riding competitions. The Cavell's grandson owns Shingle Roofing in the Petoskey area, and he still owns the cabin home. ~ contributed by Joe Hoffman Jr. in 2014
Hoffman Point
The John Ryan Family from Muncie IN bought the Hoffman Point property, previously named Tamarack Point, in 1901 from Mr. Davis, but the first owner was William Couch who was there in about 1875. After the Ryan Family, the property sold to the George and Lil Brueggeman Family in 1919... with the Brueggerman Family eventually selling the property in 1959 to Fred and Mary Hoffman, after which the property became known as Hoffman Point. The Hoffman Point cottage in the photos in the Ryan and Marsha Family photo collection noted below has a very distinctive railing on the front.
The obituary below for Joseph Fred Hoffman, a community minded gentleman, stated:
"In 1958, Joseph and three of his brothers bought and developed what is now known as "Hoffman Point"
located on the north arm of Walloon Lake.
This has remained a focal point in his life for summer activities and work maintaining the two homes."
"In 1958, Joseph and three of his brothers bought and developed what is now known as "Hoffman Point"
located on the north arm of Walloon Lake.
This has remained a focal point in his life for summer activities and work maintaining the two homes."
Gruler/Glaza/Stevens Cottage
The Gruler/Glaza/Stevens Cottage was located on the West Arm, across from Camp Daggett.
The four photos below (Submitted from the Album of Arthur Stevens) were taken in the Spring of 1942,
and show family and friends enjoying the interior of the Gruler/Glaza/Stevens Cottage.
and show family and friends enjoying the interior of the Gruler/Glaza/Stevens Cottage.
Ice Fishing on Walloon Lake ~ Winter of 1941
Harrington Marine/Bear Cove Marina
Harrington Marine, located on the west shore of the West Arm of Walloon Lake opened for business in 1959. Harrington Marine serves many boat owners. The adjoining Harrington Resort offers for rent, several modern furnished housekeeping cottages year around. In 2015 the marine is now named Bear Cove Marina.
Norman Joseph Pontbriand was a long-time employee of Bear Cove Marina, formerly known as Harrington Marine. Norman Pontbriand passed away September 16, 2003
Norman Joseph Pontbriand was a long-time employee of Bear Cove Marina, formerly known as Harrington Marine. Norman Pontbriand passed away September 16, 2003
Hidden Valley Camp (near Bear Cove Marina/Harrington Marine)
Hidden Valley Camp was identified on Alan McCune's 1949 Advertising Map.
Mike Harrington of Harrington Marine remembered that Hidden Valley Camp was across St. Louis Road from the drive to the marina. Wheelers were the owners; they had no children. The houses were cement block duplexes, located on the hill with commanding views of Walloon Lake, but a seemingly brief history in business.
By the time that Alan McCune promoted his business with his 1963 map, the Hidden Valley Camp was not labeled on the map.
By the time that Alan McCune promoted his business with his 1963 map, the Hidden Valley Camp was not labeled on the map.
Article Right: The Resort-Bear Creek Fire Department had an ouside call to extinguish a grass fire at Hidden Valley Camp in Tay Township, Charlevoix County. Chief Schnettler said the department prevented a $20,000 loss to Property
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Eagle Island
(Hemlock Point)
(Hemlock Point)
The sharp point of land below heads out on Tamarack Lane from Lake Grove Road.
The rounded point of land below is reached by Eagle Island Road.
I believe that is Lake Charlevoix toward the top of the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
The rounded point of land below is reached by Eagle Island Road.
I believe that is Lake Charlevoix toward the top of the photo. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Photo Credit: Odalaigh
Article Below: Mr. A.W. Olds talked of building a tram road to Horton Bay on Pine Lake The proposed mill to be erected by him is situated near Eagle Island. Bear Lake is nearly the same number feet above Lake Michigan as Pine Lake, the terminus of the contemplated tram way, which well be accessible to the largest steamers that navigate Lake Michigan.
~ Frank Davis Family ~
Refers to a "pleasant little peninsula"...
Muhqua Nebis told of Ernest Hemingway's sister Sunny Miller's knowledge about whether Eagle Island truly was an island. "On the third side, the 'island' was separated from the mainland by a stream large enough, at one time, to accommodate a canoe, according to Sunny Miller who, with her brother, Ernest, often paddled their way from Lilly Pad Bay through the swamp to Kritcher's Bay. In those early days there was no road leading to the property. Access was by boat or an arduous walk through forest and swamp."
Article Below: "Eagle Island has an interesting past. It is not an Island in the first place but a peninusla and there are now no eagles in the vicinity. Charles Taylor, who has been caretaker for the past 35 years recalls that when Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis homesteaded the land about 1900 that tourists had to come in by boat because there was no road out from the mainland... Eagle Island is more often called 'Hemlock Point' these days but Taylor said, it got its name in the old days because people had to come in by boat and at that time there were eagles' nestings on the island."
Article Below: "Eagle Island has an interesting past. It is not an Island in the first place but a peninusla and there are now no eagles in the vicinity. Charles Taylor, who has been caretaker for the past 35 years recalls that when Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis homesteaded the land about 1900 that tourists had to come in by boat because there was no road out from the mainland... Eagle Island is more often called 'Hemlock Point' these days but Taylor said, it got its name in the old days because people had to come in by boat and at that time there were eagles' nestings on the island."
Eagle Island Resort > Baer's Den
Below: This is the front advertising for Hemlock Point Resort on Walloon Lake on an ink blotter, so dated from the time when people were using actual true ink pens which could often leave blobs of ink on the paper and required an ink blotter to keep the ink from making more of a mess.
Walloon West
"'Walloon West' is a small enclave of cottages that was once part of the larger Hemlock Point Resort on Eagle Island. Hemlock Point Resort was made up of 17 rental cottages with shared docks, beaches, hiking paths and dining. Today Walloon West is comprised of the seven cottages that were to the north of Hemlock Point on Eagle Island and they sit nestled high above the lake in the West Arm looking down on its turquoise waters below. The seven homes that make up the current Walloon West were originally manufactured homes made by National Homes in Lafayette, IN. These homes were made in an effort to help servicemen returning from World War II."
~ Marianne Barry WLAC Trustee in The Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy' s The Wallooner Spring 2021 page 10.
Before Charlie Breithaupt (son of original owners Herman and Ida Breithaupt) decided in 1979 to sell his seven cottages, each cottage had been named after a type of tree found on the vast property. The seven cottages surround common grounds enjoyed by adjoining cottagers. Once non-insulated, the cottages now all are year round homes.
~ Marianne Barry WLAC Trustee in The Walloon Lake Association and Conservancy' s The Wallooner Spring 2021 page 10.
Before Charlie Breithaupt (son of original owners Herman and Ida Breithaupt) decided in 1979 to sell his seven cottages, each cottage had been named after a type of tree found on the vast property. The seven cottages surround common grounds enjoyed by adjoining cottagers. Once non-insulated, the cottages now all are year round homes.
Eagle Island was an archeological site in 1970 for Michigan State University. The Curator Charles Cleland found evidence of Indians having occupied the site with the findings of bones, arrowheads and pottery pieces.
In 1880 Franklin Winfield Davis homesteaded the property. Eagle Island grew as a fishing/camping resort under the ownership of the Davis' family. Frank Davis, husband of Mrs. Lois Davis who ran the Eagle Island Resort, had died in an accident in 1903 while moving a house across the ice on the North Arm. So when William Roever bought his property from Mrs. Davis in 1914, the Roever Family never knew Mr. Davis. In May of 1919 the resort was destroyed by a fire started with the burning of leaves to spruce up the place before the summer season began. The property was later sold to the Brumme family, and later to Mrs. Doris Wauter who used the property for Hilltop Camp [See Hilltop Camp below]. Then Herman and Ida Breithaupt bought the property and it became Hemlock Point, rather than Eagle Island. In 1983 the land was sub divided into 24 lots which became the Eagle Island Club. (Some of the information above differs from the information in the 1919 news article below telling the history of Eagle Island Hotel when it burned.)
The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "Mrs. F.W. Davis has opened Eagle Island hotel again this season and already has a number of guests. Chicken dinners will be a feature here this summer as they have been in the past."
In 1880 Franklin Winfield Davis homesteaded the property. Eagle Island grew as a fishing/camping resort under the ownership of the Davis' family. Frank Davis, husband of Mrs. Lois Davis who ran the Eagle Island Resort, had died in an accident in 1903 while moving a house across the ice on the North Arm. So when William Roever bought his property from Mrs. Davis in 1914, the Roever Family never knew Mr. Davis. In May of 1919 the resort was destroyed by a fire started with the burning of leaves to spruce up the place before the summer season began. The property was later sold to the Brumme family, and later to Mrs. Doris Wauter who used the property for Hilltop Camp [See Hilltop Camp below]. Then Herman and Ida Breithaupt bought the property and it became Hemlock Point, rather than Eagle Island. In 1983 the land was sub divided into 24 lots which became the Eagle Island Club. (Some of the information above differs from the information in the 1919 news article below telling the history of Eagle Island Hotel when it burned.)
The 6 July 1910 Petoskey Evening News stated: "Mrs. F.W. Davis has opened Eagle Island hotel again this season and already has a number of guests. Chicken dinners will be a feature here this summer as they have been in the past."
Hilltop Camp
Hilltop Camp was begun by Madam (Doris Ida Wauters) in 1938 on Eagle Island, later nearer the old Kritcher Farm. Hilltop Camp was sold in 1959 to Mr. and Mrs. William Bauerle who operated it until 1978.
John A. Wauters, age 86, formerly of Boston and Michigan, died peacefully, Sunday, May 26, 2013, at the John Scott House Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. He was born in Michigan and was raised in Lansing, Mich. After graduating from the Cranbrook School in Bloomfield, Mich., in 1943, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served as a radio operator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lexington. Following World War II, he studied architecture and graduated from Stanford University, Class of 1949. He later received his masters degree in design from the Cranbrook Art Academy in Michigan. As a designer, John worked for the Widdicomb Furniture Company in Grand Rapids, Mich. John played the piano and loved classical music, jazz and stride piano. His lifelong passions were music and photography. As a young man, he had worked as a counselor at his mother's childrens' summer camp, called Hilltop, on Walloon Lake, Mich. There he had a particular responsibility for small boats- canoes, kayaks and sailboats. He also helped instructing the campers in fishing and horseback riding and about the outdoors. Beloved son of the late Anatole M. and Doris Ida (Murison) Wauters, he was the loving brother of Pauli Muir of Berkeley, Calif. He is also survived by his best friend and caregiver, Christine Forsgard. At the request of John and his family, funeral services were private. For those who wish, donations in John's memory may be made to the West Suburban YMCA, 276 Church St., Newton Corner, MA 02458. Arrangements under the direction of the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Ave., Quincy. You are invited to visit www.thesweeneybrothers.com or call 617-472-6344.
Photo/Text Below: While the group does not appear to be from Hilltop Camp, chaperone John Wauters of Hilltop Camp is identified.
Mr. and Mrs. William Bauerlee (noted above) who had purchased Hilltop Camp in 1959,
operated the camp until 1978 when the Hilltop Camp was closed forever. |
Indiana Beach Area
Longtime Walloon Lake resident Charley Zimmer wrote: I believe the photos below are from the Indiana Beach area, which is located in the West Arm on the North side before you get to the narrows. It is in the little cove area after the Warfield house and before you get to the point.
Article Below: Edith Ruch, longtime summer resident on West Arm of Walloon Lake...
Lake Grove Hotel
(Grove Hotel was the terminus of the route of the Steamer "Tourist".
Troutsdale, a short distance from Lake Grove Hotel, had a number of trout ponds.)
(Grove Hotel was the terminus of the route of the Steamer "Tourist".
Troutsdale, a short distance from Lake Grove Hotel, had a number of trout ponds.)
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 Henderson Rehkoph on 7 April 1899.
The life story below was that of Martha Henderson, who married Jacob Rehkopf
and kept it until selling the hotel to Jacob and Martha Henderson Rehkoph on 7 April 1899.
The life story below was that of Martha Henderson, who married Jacob Rehkopf
The following story of Martha Henderson Rehkopf was transcribed and posted on the Greenwood Cemetery Site:
Photo Below: These are the grandchildren of Jacob and Martha Henderson Rehkopf. They were attending a 27 June 2022 presentation about their beloved Walloon Lake by Lauren Macintyre at the Carnegie Library building in Petoskey Michigan.
In the early 1900's the Lake Grove Hotel hosted several Resort Township School picnics at the ends of the school years.
Lake Grove Hotel Burned December 1924 AND Was Rebuilt by June 1925
Mrs. Rehkopf's 1957 obituary below stated that she had operated the Lake Grove Hotel until 1943 when she moved back into Petoskey.
Mr. John Speelman owned and operated the Lake Grove Hotel from 1943 until his death 10 July 1972.
Mr. John Speelman owned and operated the Lake Grove Hotel from 1943 until his death 10 July 1972.
Obituary Below:
Mildred Eppler Rehkopf was the wife of Gordon Rehkopf whose parents Jacob and Martha Rehkoph had owned the Lake Grove Hotel.
Mildred Rehkopf was instrumental in the writing of the book Resort Remembers,
a historical chronicle of the growth and development of Resort Township.
Mildred Eppler Rehkopf was the wife of Gordon Rehkopf whose parents Jacob and Martha Rehkoph had owned the Lake Grove Hotel.
Mildred Rehkopf was instrumental in the writing of the book Resort Remembers,
a historical chronicle of the growth and development of Resort Township.
Glenn Garret married Esther Rehkopf daughter of Lake Grove Hotel owners...
When we were young, Dick (brother) and I had a sand box and a few toys, but mostly we played around the lake and took walks to the brook, waded in it - brrrrr, so cold! Dick used to be entertained with an old hammer, a discarded board, and bag of nails… just pounding away. We put watermelons in the brook, and still do. There was also a wire box with a lid that Mother used early on to keep some food cold in the brook. Then we bought an ice box. Lake Grove Hotel was down the road and at a young age, Dick and I would walk over there at 11a.m. when the bread came out of the oven. Boy, was that ever good. We had a wagon and also bought ice from the ice house at the hotel. It was all covered with saw dust to keep it frozen. The hotel people cut the large slabs of ice out of Walloon Lake in the cold winter months and put it in the ice house. We would pull it home in the wagon, rinse it off, and Granddad would put it in our ice box. We had a kerosene cook stove and popped popcorn in a tin basket over the fireplace. There was an out-house in everyone’s back yard (road side). Rain or shine, hot or cold, night or day, that’s where we had to “go”. A vegetable farmer lady, Mrs. Georges, came two times a week with fresh veggies in her car and even some pretty flowers. My grandparents and mother went to the farmer’s market on Saturdays. There were lots of vegetables, and really good corn on the cob. The farmer’s market was located under the bridge on Mitchell Street (you had to go in on Lake Street to get there).
~ Barbara (Ice) Smith (Lake Grove Road, West Arm)
~ Barbara (Ice) Smith (Lake Grove Road, West Arm)
Barbara Ice Smith's brother (Barbara mentioned above) passed away 13 September 2021 at 98. Richard M. Ice's obituary stated: "Richard especially enjoyed spending time at 'Nod-a-Way', the family cottage on the West Arm of Walloon built in 1907. He visited Walloon every year between 1927 and 2019, except the three years he was stationed in Europe during World War II. He loved to take his 'one' vacation week to leave the milking behind. Oh, how he loved to run down the dock and cannonball into the lake! He loved teaching the family and neighbors how to ski and then pulling them around for hours behind the boat. These lake traditions, enjoyed by all his family today, were taught to them by our dad and grandfather. He water skied into his 80s and jet skied at the age of 94."
Chip Frentz and his wife Jean along with Chip's sister Barbara "Frentz" Hoganson and her family together purchased the old Lake Grove Hotel property many years ago. They have associated items from that hotel... it was the hotel that gave Lake Grove Road its name. Both Frentz/Hoganson Famlies live on Lake Grove Road.
Treetop" was built before 1906 as a winter house for the Jacob and Martha Rehkopf family who owned the Lake Grove Hotel. "Treetop" also handled overflow guests from the hotel in the summer. It has been lovingly preserved by the Front/Hoganson Family. Since 1992 "Treetop" has been owned by siblings Chip Frentz and Barbara Hogenson, along with the laundry, ices house and garage are alll that remain of the Lake Grove Hotel.~ researched by Lauren Macintyre
Sergent/Nell and Paul Jr. "Pablo" and Gordon Frost
St. Louis Club/Chalmers Curtis
The private club was started in 1909 by businessmen from St. Louis.
The club was purchased in 1940 by Allan McCune and T. Chalmers Curtis, businessmen of Petoskey.
The club was purchased in 1940 by Allan McCune and T. Chalmers Curtis, businessmen of Petoskey.
Mrs. T. Chalmers (Louise Curtis) Curtis' obituary above stated: "Their summer weekends were spent at Walloon in the Curtis cottage built by Chim's parents, at the east end of the West Arm. During the winter, they would often go to the cottage on snowshoes, from Townsend Road."
Morgan Curtis had bought a cattle ranch in South Dakota, and had the Harbor Springs bank. He bought interest in the Forman & Curtis flooring factory in Petoskey. Later he was involved with the Michigan Lime Company and Kegomic’s Leather Company which Morgan’s son Wm. L. became associated. Morgan's wife was Martha Rice, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wirt Rice, the owner of W.W. Rice Leather Products in Kegomic. Morgan’s son Heber (died in 1982) had a son Richard and a daughter Martha who donated her East Mitchell property to the Conservancy. Morgan was a member of the WLCC. Morgan had a son Heber R.
Article Below: Heber and Mrs. Curtis greeted their son Dick Curtis, noted in both movies and television, and his friend movie star Dolores Dorn-Heft, arrived at the Pellston airport, to remain with his parents at Walloon Lake for a week.
Article Below: Heber and Mrs. Curtis greeted their son Dick Curtis, noted in both movies and television, and his friend movie star Dolores Dorn-Heft, arrived at the Pellston airport, to remain with his parents at Walloon Lake for a week.
Photo and Article Below:
Delores Dorn-Heft was the guest of Dick Curtis and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Heber Curtis of Walloon Lake.
Delores Dorn-Heft was the guest of Dick Curtis and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Heber Curtis of Walloon Lake.
Clyde Henry Morford and Morford Road
Clyde Henry Morford, the son of William Lane and Frances Louis Dickerson Morford, was born in 1864, and moved to Emmet County as a child. He lived with his wife Thurza Ward Morford in Resort Township. Clyde and Thurza had six children. In 1950 Morford Road which leads to the West Arm of Walloon Lake was named in honor of Clyde Henry Morford.
William Lane Morford's Death Certificate stated the cause of death as Diabetes.
Two Articles Below: Miss Ethel Shepard taught at the Morford school near her family home not far from Lake Grove on Walloon Lake.
Wilhoit/Ice/Smith Family
Map Below: 1937: Artist, M.L. Shirk of Muncie Indiana ~ This image of this "only one of a kind left" map has been shared by Scott Smith (son of Phillip and Barbara Smith) of Lake Grove Road, who has given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website.
~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
Text below written in this color, is by Barbara (Ice) Smith (Lake Grove Road, West Arm).
Map Above: 1937: Artist, M.L. Shirk of Muncie Indiana ~ This image of this "only one of a kind left" map has been shared by Scott Smith (son of Phillip and Barbara Smith) of Lake Grove Road, who has given me permission to post it only on this "Walloon Lake Wanderings" website. The cottage in the lower left on the map was the Ratliff cottage. ~ Karla Howard Buckmaster
My Wilhoit grandparents [Charles C. 1875-1950 and Mamo Lou "Wisehart" 1874-1956] first came to Petoskey on the train from Indiana for their honeymoon in August-September 1896. My grandfather had been to Petoskey during the previous summer. They stayed at a big hotel just on the other side of the now [2011] old train station and Perry Hotel. They loved Petoskey; it was good for my granddad’s asthma and hay fever. They took side trips to Harbor Springs, Mackinaw City, and out to some lakes. They soon bought property on the West Arm of Walloon Lake, and in 1900 they built their first cottage at what is now on 5232 Lake Grove Road. They summered there until 1907. My grandmother could not see the children well from the high porch level when they were down by the lake, so in 1907 my granddad purchased two lots for $100. 100 feet of lake frontage where a cottage could be built closer to the water. This was called the Baer’s Den area because a big hotel (photo below left - see also above Bear's Den for more specific information) by that name was then located on the lot just across our little brook. These two lots are on what is now called Lake Grove Trail - 5480 and 5488. George Depew built their cottage in 1907. Later on, in the 1920s, a second downstairs bedroom was added on the road side of the cottage. My granddad named the cottage 'Nod-a-Way' (photo below right).
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained their first Walloon Lake Cottage: Nod-a-Way is the cottage Scott came as a child. It is still in the family, owned by Scott's cousins and his Uncle Richard Ice who is in his 90s. "Mamo" was an affectionate term for "grandmother" that Barbara Ice Smith used for her grandmother, and also Mamo was used by Barbara's family when she became a grandmother.
Photo Below: Visiting time at Nod-a-Way.
Back row: Bill Wilhoit, Mamo Lou, Mrs. Thorne. Front: Unknown, Catharine, Mary Wilhoit, Frances Lawton (Frentz), Gertrude Lawton |
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Nod-a-Way Photos Above: A couple of years later, my granddad sold the lot that is now 5488 to the Thornes for $100, thinking he had made the best real estate deal of his life! He got his lot for free, so to speak. There was a balcony on the upstairs at Nod-a-Way on the lake side. I used to think about Romeo and Juliet as I stood on it. At 16, I had a Petoskey boyfriend named Jack. He worked at the soda fountain at Gidley-Brudy drugstore next door to Penney’s. He made a sign and had the name Nod-a-Way hanging on the front porch when we arrived the following year. It is still there.
Three Photos Below: When we were young, Dick [brother] and I had a sand box and a few toys, but mostly we played around the lake and took walks to the brook, waded in it - brrrrr, so cold! Dick used to be entertained with an old hammer, a discarded board, and bag of nails… just pounding away. We put watermelons in the brook, and still do. There was also a wire box with a lid that Mother used early on to keep some food cold in the brook. Then we bought an ice box. Lake Grove Hotel (photo below left) was down the road and at a young age, Dick and I would walk over there at 11a.m. when the bread came out of the oven. Boy, was that ever good. We had a wagon and also bought ice from the ice house at the hotel. It was all covered with saw dust to keep it frozen. The hotel people cut the large slabs of ice out of Walloon Lake in the cold winter months and put it in the ice house. We would pull it home in the wagon, rinse it off, and Granddad would put it in our ice box. We had a kerosene cook stove and popped popcorn in a tin basket over the fireplace. There was an out-house in everyone’s back yard (road side). Rain or shine, hot or cold, night or day, that’s where we had to “go”. A vegetable farmer lady, Mrs. Georges, came two times a week with fresh veggies in her car and even some pretty flowers. My grandparents and mother went to the farmer’s market on Saturdays. There were lots of vegetables, and really good corn on the cob. The farmer’s market was located under the bridge on Mitchell Street (you had to go in on Lake Street to get there).
Three Photos Below: When we were young, Dick [brother] and I had a sand box and a few toys, but mostly we played around the lake and took walks to the brook, waded in it - brrrrr, so cold! Dick used to be entertained with an old hammer, a discarded board, and bag of nails… just pounding away. We put watermelons in the brook, and still do. There was also a wire box with a lid that Mother used early on to keep some food cold in the brook. Then we bought an ice box. Lake Grove Hotel (photo below left) was down the road and at a young age, Dick and I would walk over there at 11a.m. when the bread came out of the oven. Boy, was that ever good. We had a wagon and also bought ice from the ice house at the hotel. It was all covered with saw dust to keep it frozen. The hotel people cut the large slabs of ice out of Walloon Lake in the cold winter months and put it in the ice house. We would pull it home in the wagon, rinse it off, and Granddad would put it in our ice box. We had a kerosene cook stove and popped popcorn in a tin basket over the fireplace. There was an out-house in everyone’s back yard (road side). Rain or shine, hot or cold, night or day, that’s where we had to “go”. A vegetable farmer lady, Mrs. Georges, came two times a week with fresh veggies in her car and even some pretty flowers. My grandparents and mother went to the farmer’s market on Saturdays. There were lots of vegetables, and really good corn on the cob. The farmer’s market was located under the bridge on Mitchell Street (you had to go in on Lake Street to get there).
George Depew lived in the house at the top of what is now called Depew Road. He built several of the cottages along the lake. In 1938 we finally got electricity out our way so George Depew added a bathroom on to Nod-a-Way. An indoor bathroom, electric stove, and lights…. what luxury!! The old out-house still stayed and was functional as a spare for emergencies and to store a few years tools.
Photo Below: We always took our Walloon vacation time at Nod-a-Way when Mother inherited the cottage. After two tours overseas, Phil and I began to wish we had a place of our own. While at Walloon Lake during the summer of 1965, having decided that we were going to continue in the Foreign Service, and before returning for another two years to Rio we purchased a small cottage in the area where my grandparents had built their cottage some sixty years earlier. This became our family home in the United States for most of the rest of our lives.
The cottage had only two small bedrooms, a living room, an eat-in kitchen, and a small bath. In 1973, we added on and remodeled. We added two large bedrooms downstairs and a huge room upstairs, remodeled the kitchen, built a new stone fireplace, added a laundry area to the old bathroom and added a new bathroom where one of the small bedrooms had been before. even when the cottage was small, I felt I had the whole world of luxury, but now it was extremely wonderful. Such happiness.
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained the addition is the A-frame that is in the photo below. This had been a small cottage 3 houses down the road from Nod-a-Way. Scott's parents purchased it from Lawrence Gray, who was then the manager of the Montgomery Ward store in Petoskey. It is now numbered 5448 Lake Grove Trail.
Photo Below: We always took our Walloon vacation time at Nod-a-Way when Mother inherited the cottage. After two tours overseas, Phil and I began to wish we had a place of our own. While at Walloon Lake during the summer of 1965, having decided that we were going to continue in the Foreign Service, and before returning for another two years to Rio we purchased a small cottage in the area where my grandparents had built their cottage some sixty years earlier. This became our family home in the United States for most of the rest of our lives.
The cottage had only two small bedrooms, a living room, an eat-in kitchen, and a small bath. In 1973, we added on and remodeled. We added two large bedrooms downstairs and a huge room upstairs, remodeled the kitchen, built a new stone fireplace, added a laundry area to the old bathroom and added a new bathroom where one of the small bedrooms had been before. even when the cottage was small, I felt I had the whole world of luxury, but now it was extremely wonderful. Such happiness.
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained the addition is the A-frame that is in the photo below. This had been a small cottage 3 houses down the road from Nod-a-Way. Scott's parents purchased it from Lawrence Gray, who was then the manager of the Montgomery Ward store in Petoskey. It is now numbered 5448 Lake Grove Trail.
In 1978 Phil and Barbara Smith were able to purchase the nearby Ratliff property… all 47 acres of it. Barbara wrote: We walked down the road past Nod-a-Way and went 100 feet further. Then he [Phil] handed me the key to our new property. The old house was considered "haunted" by several area residents as no one had lived in it for 22 years. Honey was in the honey jar on the dining room table, sugar in the sugar bowl and all the bricks from the fireplace were falling down on the floor. Life magazine was open on the coffee table. It really was a shame to see this once lovely cottage so run down and not cared for. Phil and I did walk up and down the road telling neighbors about our purchase so they would understand our presence in that cottage.
We also asked three families if they would like to purchase the land behind their cottages. Yes, yes, yes. That was at the far south end of our road. We wanted to keep the center section behind the other 12 cottages. We had made and put up an "acreage for sale" sign on part of the property across Lake Grove Road. As soon as we walked in the door after putting up the sign, the phone rang: Chip Frentz was interested…. [We kept] the 150 foot lake front and the land within the “around the block’ circle - about 11 acres, I think… Scott [son] and wife Dibby bought our cottage (5448 Lake Grove Trail), and we spent a year plus building our new home at 5500 Lake Grove Trail (Pete Palka built it.)…. Mr. Ratliff’s old garage was moved down the road onto a slab of cement. It became Phil’s work shop, and winter storage area.
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained: It was not possible to salvage that cottage (the one that is in the painting on the map), so my parents tore it down and built a new year-round home on that site, which is 5500 Lake Grove Trail. When my parents bought that property, Dibby [Scott's wife] and I purchased the cottage at 5448 Lake Grove Trail.
Phil drew all the plans for our new home at 5500 and Pete Palka built it. It had a big kitchen, dining room, living room with a fireplace, half-bath in the entry hall, our bedroom with a full bath plus a cedar round gazebo for our indoor Jacuzzi looking at the lake. There was a long, long porch, and upstairs had four bedrooms with a large activity room with a fireplace in the center, plus two full bathrooms... We really enjoyed owning this house and living there.
The family all came to visit for two Christmases, but winter traveling proved difficult... so we had our big dream house to fit all the family, but you can guess the rest. After eight years we sold it and moved back down the road. It was a disappointment in some ways, and in others a relief. I really wasn't any happier in one house versus the other, and we had a great time building the big house.
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained: In the mid-1980s, my parents decided that they did not need a big, year-round house, so they sold 5500 and purchased 5448 back from us. This is where they spent the rest of their summers during their retirement. In 1994, the cottage that is next door to Nod-a-Way was for sale, and my parents purchased it as an overflow cottage for visiting children and grandchildren and they rented it the rest of the time. This is “The Other Place”, which is located at 5472 Lake Grove Trail. It is where our son Brian and his wife Valerie were married (and also the Kies’s daughter). [See Weddings on this website.]
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained: In the mid-1980s, my parents decided that they did not need a big, year-round house, so they sold 5500 and purchased 5448 back from us. This is where they spent the rest of their summers during their retirement. In 1994, the cottage that is next door to Nod-a-Way was for sale, and my parents purchased it as an overflow cottage for visiting children and grandchildren and they rented it the rest of the time. This is “The Other Place”, which is located at 5472 Lake Grove Trail. It is where our son Brian and his wife Valerie were married (and also the Kies’s daughter). [See Weddings on this website.]
Photos Below: In 1994, our long time neighbor Virginia from the cottage next to Nod-a-Way needed to sell her cottage, which had been built in 1908. Part of our agreement was that she could use it two weeks each year at no cost. We chose the dates when it was not occupied. She was able to do this for nine years, but then could not make the trip any more. We sold more of our woods property behind the houses to buy that cottage, only 100 feet down the road from us. We named it ‘The Other Place’, and it became our guest house, extended family quarters…. Just before we moved into our first retirement home in early 2006, Scott and Dibby again bought the cottage at 5448 Lake Grove Trail, and I kept The Other Place for my cottage.
… How we both love Walloon - all the great times we had in the four cottages on Lake Grove Trail that we did live in. Life has been so very good to us both, and we surely enjoyed living our lives in Michigan on Walloon more than any other place in the world!!
… How we both love Walloon - all the great times we had in the four cottages on Lake Grove Trail that we did live in. Life has been so very good to us both, and we surely enjoyed living our lives in Michigan on Walloon more than any other place in the world!!
Phil started the first community septic system around Walloon on the south end of our acreage. It took him two years and a few trips to Lansing to get all the necessary paperwork done. This was something new to the community, so it took longer than it would now. Eight of us shared the expense and we made the ground available at no cost. It is still working." AND "We have a community well that six cottages share. When it was drilled in the 1950s, they hit an artesian flowing well and it goes into the brook and on into the lake. It is right beside our road and many people stop to fill their cup or bottle to take home. Our mailman, Lou, stops daily to fill his thermos. It really is good, cold water.
Photo Left: Phil enjoyed cleaning up the wooded area behind our houses and creating, as some kiddies called it, ‘Mr. Smith’s Park’. He had a chipper buzzing away daily, and cut up dead trees making mulch. He made paths in the woods and I painted signs naming them all family names. Brian and Andrew [2 of Barbara's 6 grandchildren] built a fort from downed logs. All the others built something, too: a tree house by the Armstrongs [Barbara's daughter's family], a corral with three wooden deer from the Ice’s cottage, Little Red Riding Hood’s house from an old ice fishing shanty that we rescued. We even planted flowers around it. ~ Barbara (Ice) Smith (Lake Grove Road, West Arm)
Barbara Ice Smith's son Scott explained the Smith Family's continued residence on Walloon Lake: We re-purchased 5448 from my parents in 2006 when they moved to a retirement community in Virginia, although they continued to use it most of the summers since we were still working and not able to spend much time here in the summers. When we retired and moved to Petoskey in 2010, my mother moved into Independence Village and we purchased a condo at Harbor Watch in town to spend the winters, as the cottage was not winterized. After my mother died, our family decided not to keep “The Other Place”, so our family sold it in 2012. In 2013, the people who owned 5500 put the house on the market, and my wife Dibby and I purchased it and sold 5448 and the Harbor Watch condo. We now live year-round at 5500. Two owners of this house were between my parents and us, but it is now "back in the family."
"Nod-A-Way, built in 1907 was the second cottage owned by Charles and Lou Without, who first came to the lake in 1896 from Middletown, Indiana... located on Indiana Avenue (Lake Grove Trail in 2023) near the site of the historic Baer's Den Hotel. The house was built by local builder George Depew for $450. Nod-A-Way has been home to six generations of the Wilhoit/Ic/Smith families; ownership always remained in the family. In 2023, siblings Joe Ice and Jill Ice Cook, great-grandchildren of the wilhoits, are the proprietors of the beloved cottage." ~ researched by Lauren Macintyre
Residents Of The West Arm of Walloon Lake
Listed in the 1961 obituary for Mrs. Herbert West are her siblings Mrs Herbert (Hazel) Raye of Walloon Lake, and also Mrs. Carl (Alice) Sundberg of Walloon Lake, although it is not listed exactly WHERE on Walloon Lake they resided. Does anyone know for sure?
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Art Van Elslander, founder and chairman of Art Van Furniture, is selling his Walloon Lake home in Boyne City. The house is listed for $3.85 million and has a cedar shake exterior. The 4,395-square-foot home also has a 2,050-square-foot lower level. It has five bedrooms, six full baths and two half bathrooms, 140 feet of lake frontage and a subterranean summer grotto that's 372 square feet. The home is located on Eagle Island.
LATER: Archie VanElslander, the founder of Art Van Furniture died in February 2018 at the age of 87. Presently, Art Van Furniture stores are located in Petoksey and Gaylord, Michigan. |
The 6 March 2020 Petoskey News Review announced:
"Art Van Furniture to close all company-owned stores."
This includes the Petoskey Art Van Furniture store.
"Art Van Furniture to close all company-owned stores."
This includes the Petoskey Art Van Furniture store.
Manthei Mill
Ruth Martha Manthei
October 1, 2013
Ruth Martha Manthei, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, peacefully passed away on Sept. 18, 2013, in California. She was a faithful friend to many. A graveside service will take place at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at Greenwood Cemetery in Petoskey. Family and friends are welcome to gather in Ruth's memory following the service on Manthei Road at Walloon Lake. In place of flowers, donations may be directed to St. Mark's Lutheran School...
Myrtle Neff
The Nulsen - Balke - Hargrave Family
Donald Stratton “Strat” PEASLEE, 80
Donald Stratton “Strat” PEASLEE, 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Petoskey on Sept. 17, 1999, in the company of his family: daughter, Jane MACH and her husband, Rick, of Wolverine; grandchildren, Scott SCHWARTZFISHER of Kalamazoo and Kelly SCHWARTZFISHER of Grand Rapids; and sister-in-law, Katherine “Kay” PEASLEE, of Charlottesville, Va.
Strat was born June 29, 1919, in Oak Park, Ill., where he spent the better part of his childhood with his parents, Alexander Sankey LATTY and Annie Hazel (BROWN) PEASLEE; sister, Margaret “Peggy;” and young brother, Alexander “Sandy.”
In the late 1920s, the family moved to Defiance, Ohio, where Strat finished high school. He then joined the Merchant Marine and served proudly during World War II.
After the war ended, he returned to Defiance, where Strat owned and operated a paint store until his retirement in 1977. After that, he moved to the family cottage on the west arm of Walloon Lake, where he had spent his summers growing up.
During his years in Northern Michigan, Strat could be found devoting his time to his church, Kiwanis Club, Harbor Hall, sailing or drinking coffee with his pals and hanging out with his dear friend, Gail SCHASSER.
Those who knew and loved Strat will greatly miss his kindness, courage and willingness to help those less fortunate than himself. He was a shining example of the good that can be found in every one of us.
The family of Strat PEASLEE invites his many friends to join them at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Petoskey from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, for visitation followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m.
Memorial gifts may be made in Strat’s memory to the Emmanuel Episcopal Church or Harbor Hall. Envelopes for this may be obtained at the Charles G. Parks Funeral Home in Petoskey, where arrangements were handled.
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Strat Peaslee was a friend of Ernest Hemingway's younger brother Leicester... and, they both enjoyed Walloon Lake. Strat's mother lived in a cottage next to the Lake Grove Hotel on the West Arm of Walloon Lake. Strat's mother (photo below left), bought the canoe (photo below middle) in 1911. Dave Russell of Dave's Boot Shop on Lake Street Petoskey, now has Mrs. Peaslee's canoe which she used on Walloon Lake. Dave now has the preserved canoe inside his store, up over the door of the business (photo below right). In the 1990s Dave Russell helped to refinish the canoe, and later bought it from Strat's daughter Jane Mach. People in the area will know of Jane's business, "Plain Janes Flowers".
Donald Stratton “Strat” PEASLEE, 80, passed away peacefully at his home in Petoskey on Sept. 17, 1999, in the company of his family: daughter, Jane MACH and her husband, Rick, of Wolverine; grandchildren, Scott SCHWARTZFISHER of Kalamazoo and Kelly SCHWARTZFISHER of Grand Rapids; and sister-in-law, Katherine “Kay” PEASLEE, of Charlottesville, Va.
Strat was born June 29, 1919, in Oak Park, Ill., where he spent the better part of his childhood with his parents, Alexander Sankey LATTY and Annie Hazel (BROWN) PEASLEE; sister, Margaret “Peggy;” and young brother, Alexander “Sandy.”
In the late 1920s, the family moved to Defiance, Ohio, where Strat finished high school. He then joined the Merchant Marine and served proudly during World War II.
After the war ended, he returned to Defiance, where Strat owned and operated a paint store until his retirement in 1977. After that, he moved to the family cottage on the west arm of Walloon Lake, where he had spent his summers growing up.
During his years in Northern Michigan, Strat could be found devoting his time to his church, Kiwanis Club, Harbor Hall, sailing or drinking coffee with his pals and hanging out with his dear friend, Gail SCHASSER.
Those who knew and loved Strat will greatly miss his kindness, courage and willingness to help those less fortunate than himself. He was a shining example of the good that can be found in every one of us.
The family of Strat PEASLEE invites his many friends to join them at Emmanuel Episcopal Church of Petoskey from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 21, for visitation followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m.
Memorial gifts may be made in Strat’s memory to the Emmanuel Episcopal Church or Harbor Hall. Envelopes for this may be obtained at the Charles G. Parks Funeral Home in Petoskey, where arrangements were handled.
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Strat Peaslee was a friend of Ernest Hemingway's younger brother Leicester... and, they both enjoyed Walloon Lake. Strat's mother lived in a cottage next to the Lake Grove Hotel on the West Arm of Walloon Lake. Strat's mother (photo below left), bought the canoe (photo below middle) in 1911. Dave Russell of Dave's Boot Shop on Lake Street Petoskey, now has Mrs. Peaslee's canoe which she used on Walloon Lake. Dave now has the preserved canoe inside his store, up over the door of the business (photo below right). In the 1990s Dave Russell helped to refinish the canoe, and later bought it from Strat's daughter Jane Mach. People in the area will know of Jane's business, "Plain Janes Flowers".
VanDermark and Stone Families
1889 ~ John VanDermark settled near the head of the lake in the West Arm. The family cottage had been purchased for $300.00 from an Indian woman with a promise to her that she could live with the VanDermark Family there the rest of her life. Joseph Brown purchased the property in 1900 when the Van Dermark Family moved to New York State. One of the Brown daughters married Nathan Stone, and the property became the Stone property.
A Stone descendant recalls the various buildings on the original property as including: the farmhouse with outhouse reportedly built by the VanDermarks, a large barn with stables, an icehouse, a chicken coop and the original log cabin.
A Stone descendant recalls the various buildings on the original property as including: the farmhouse with outhouse reportedly built by the VanDermarks, a large barn with stables, an icehouse, a chicken coop and the original log cabin.
Two Photos Below: Long-time Walloon area residents Jim and Marilyn (Stone) Whitfield try to visit Walloon each summer... enjoying staying in the "Oldest Cabin on Walloon Lake". It is Bill and Jane Stone's little red cabin; called such because it is decorated inside in red check materials. Marilyn is Bill's cousin. Several properties near Bill's home were originally part of the Joseph Brown farm in the mid 1800s. Joseph Brown's daughter, Mary Millard Brown, married Nathan Stone, Bill and Marilyn's grandfather. During one of her Walloon Lake visits, Marilyn was enjoying sitting in the red chair as seen in the photo below right.
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West End Public Access
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Road Work
This notice below of proposed road improvements in Resort Township shows a road map
with the roads connecting to the West Arm of Walloon Lake in 2014.
with the roads connecting to the West Arm of Walloon Lake in 2014.
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~ FULL Page Advertisement for Zenith Heithts Lots ~
9 August 1911 ~ Petoskey Evening News
Carl Skornia, supervisor for Bay Township, passed away 8 December 1987, during a hearing concerning a wetland permit the township was seeking for a proposed swimming beach off Eagle Island Road. Skornia had enjoyed his home off Zenith Heights Road where he had a view of a meadow, opening up to a rolling valley, followed by the waters of a quiet arm of Walloon Lake.