Summary: Original research and interviews of local people familiar with the the life styles of this popular summer resort that peaked between the twenties and forties. Originally large wooden hotels build by the railroads attracted wealthy mid-west families that spend the whole summers playing golf and tennis, sailing and partying. The history of the private associations, the gambling casinos are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jet'iquette 1976
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Geist, William
Summary: Before there was 'tourism' and souvenir ashtrays became 'kitsch,' the Lake of the Ozarks was a Shangri-La for middle-class Midwestern families on vacation, complete with man-made beaches, Hillbilly Mini Golf, and feathered rubber tomahawks. It was there that television host Bill Geist spent summers in the sixties during his school and college years, working at Arrowhead Lodge -- a small resort...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Recreation GeistGlynn, John
Summary: A gripping portrait of life in a Montauk summer house--a debut memoir of first love, identity and self-discovery among a group of friends who became family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio GlynnDoerr, Mary Jane.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Priscilla Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.488 DOESummary: Traverse Beach Summer Resort comprises over one hundred acres of land three miles north of Traverse City, and lies between the west arm of Grand Traverse Bay and Cedar Lake, giving a water front the entire length on both sides.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Traverse Beach Hotel] 1892
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bayshore Books 1999
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1 available in Reference, Call number: NEL 977.4635 ROBSchopieray, Julie.
Summary: "In 1883, after falling in love with the beauty of the area, George and Cornelia Lathrop purchased ten acres of land on the lower part of the Old Mission Peninsula in Grand Traverse County. And thus began the community of Edgewood Resort. Edgewood thrived as a destination resort from the 1880s into the 1950s. At its heyday, fifteen cottages were in operation. Although the resort no longer...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bacon Press 2011
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1 available in Local History Room (LHR), Call number: LHR 977.464 SCHTraverse City (Mich.)
Contents: Grand Traverse Region -- The Indians liked this region -- Good roads lead in all directions -- Grand Traverse Peninsula -- Birchwood, Kesis Mokesa and Ahgosa Park -- Elk Rapids, a prosperous and growing village -- Northport is a prosperous and promising village -- Northport Point and Cedar Lodge --Lake Leelanau and its many resorts -- Fountain Point Resort on Lake Leelanau -- Leland, a growing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Herald and Record Co.] 1914