Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

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The building, which is planned to accommodate 150 guests, will be opened for the continuous reception of that number during the spring of 1908, and doubtless the people of, at least this and neighboring states, who devote time at various seasons to rest, quiet and recupera¬ tion, will be glad to here avail themselves of pleasant environment and Waukesha's health-giving spring waters, one of which is to be found upon the grounds.
In addition to all that art can supply, there is, from the heights above the city where Resthaven is built, the view of a lovely landscape, through which the Fox river winds and the hills roll off into the dis¬ tance all varied and colored by the changing moods of the season. With Nature's help, this idea in the" plan of the management and suf¬ ficient money now at hand to put same into execution, the success of Resthaven may reasonably be anticipated.
Although Waukesha lacks the attraction of a lake front, its near¬ ness to the lake region has enabled the city to take advantage of an excellent beach at Pewaukee lake, which is reached by a ride of fifteen minutes across five miles of beautiful country. This resort is known as Waukesha Beach, and the hotel situated near the lake has back of it a native grove of large and beautiful oaks, and nearer the water a grove of maple, elm and other native trees has been set which will in a few years add greatly to its attractiveness. A neatly kept lawn ex¬ tends from the hotel to the edge of the lake, and every facility for boating, bathing, fishing, and launch and steamer trips is afforded. A bowling alley and large dancing pavilion add to the attractions of the place, which is a favorite resort for picnics, and all kinds of summer outings.
Oconomowoc is a noted summer resort, being in the very midst of the lake region, there being fifteen or sixteen of the larger lakes and numerous small ones within a radius of a few miles, and easily accessi¬ ble by rail, trolley or carriage. It had the advantage of an early rail¬ road service—an advantage shared by few of the other summer re¬ sorts in the county—and grew naturally into its present reputation of a charming place in which to spend a vacation, before the exploita¬ tion of other points by the railroads of a later date. It has therefore something more of permanency in its institutions than many similar places.
It claims the advantage of mineral springs, analysis of whose waters show that they are similar to the famous Waukesha waters, but the little city has never depended on these as an attraction. Lying as it does on the shores of two beautiful lakes, with all of the attractions that they can offer to the yachtsman, the fisherman, and those who care for the allied recreations of rowing and bathing, with beautiful drives leading out in every direction to other equally beautiful lakes, it can afford to slight even mineral springs. The two summer hotels within the city limits. Draper Hall and Woodlands, have-been already described in the chapter devoted especially to Oconomowoc as a civic corporation, and need not be repeated here, except to include them in the list of the hostelries which have, by their special attention to the class of summer visitors, helped to establish and maintain the reputa-