This is the earliest photo of Linger Lodge on the north shore of Lake Wawasee (Pier 797). The cottage was completed approx. 1902 and cost the Hoops $1,800…twice the amount the land had cost them. The barn behind the cottage cost an additional...
Black and White Photograph. Sign at Brown County State Park reading, "Free Nature Guide Service, June 10th to Labor Day, Lectures, Bird and Nature Hikes, Inquire of Guide at Lodge". A small white-tailed deer grazes in the foreground.
An early scene (1905) of Linger Lodge on the north shore. Emma Hoops is in the wicker rocker (which is still in the cottage today), her daughter, Ethel; Emma’s sister, Etta Bogue; & Delmer Earnest.
This is an image of Emma, Ruth, and Ethel Hoops and Bertha Bogue on the front porch of Linger Lodge in 1900. Emma Hoops is in the hammock, her sister, Bertha Bogue is standing at the rail, Ruth Hoops is on the left and Ethel Hoops is on the right
Mac and Ethel Blough’s wedding announcements. They were married in front of the fireplace at Linger Lodge and had their wedding dinner for their guests in the dining room.
