Donna Hoberg

Resorts of Lake County (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Beginning in the 1860s, the first vestiges of the resorts of Lake County appeared around the sparkling pools of the region,s many hot springs and upon the shores of Clear Lake. Lured by the supposed medicinal qualities of the water, people flocked to rustic campgrounds and cabins to ,take the cure, for their ailments, drink, and bathe, staying for long periods each summer. Within a few years, ambitiousentrepreneurs bottled the springs, mineral waters and built more luxurious accommodations and amenities. Although the claims of curative waters lost sway over time, resorts equipped with extensiverecreational facilities, dance floors, live music, bountiful food, hunting, fishing, and children,s entertainment continued to draw visitors in droves. Families filled the resorts in summers, and by the 1940s, large group and society meetings as well as conventions began to utilize the resorts on spring and fall weekends. Though few original resorts remain, today, in 2007, the region,s business directory lists 51 Lake County resorts.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439634233
• Artikelnr.: 40089837

Autorenporträt

Author Donna Hoberg, a longtime Lake County resident, is a member of the Hoberg Resort family. With the generosity of the Lake County Historical Society and the Lake County Museum, she has chosen images from their archives and other private collections to present this dazzling picture of Lake County resorts from the 1860s to the 1960s.