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378:. Walt Tolleson and his band played at the resort in the late 1950s. At its peak in the 1950s the resort employed almost 100 people including waitresses, maids, coffee shop workers, bartenders and hairdressers. There was a physician in residence, a swimming instructor, a barber and a 12-piece orchestra. In 1956 a new auditorium was opened that could seat 1,000.
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grew up around it. The resort started out in the 1890s as a sideline where a farmer's wife offered meals to travelers, and it then became an economical place for campers and hunters to stay. It expanded, and after the founder's grandsons took over in 1934 it grew into a large and fashionable resort
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