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| {{short description|Campground in Vilas county Wisconsin}} | |||
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| | name = Bent's Camp Resort | |||
| | image = Bent's Camp lodge with Mamie Lake in the background Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin looking North.jpg | |||
| | caption = Bent's Camp lodge looking North toward Mamie Lake | |||
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| | facilities = 12 cabins | |||
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| | operated_by = Craig Kusick | |||
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| '''Bent's Camp Resort''' is a resort in Northern Wisconsin in ]. The resort has 12 cabins and it is located on the south shore of ]. In 1893 as a Bent's was established as a ] camp. In 1896 Charles Bent established it as a campground with cabins. The Bent family operated the campground until the 1940s. | |||
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| ==Background== | |||
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| Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893 and it was developed from what was an obsolete ]. Bent's became a tourist recreation spot.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Haunted_Summerwind_A_Ghostly_History_of/wiu1DAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=mamie+lake+wisconsin&pg=PA22 |page=22 |title=Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion | |||
| |first=Devon |last1=Bell |year=2016 |isbn=9781626194373 |id=ISBN 1626194378 |type=Paperback |publisher=Haunted America |language=English|access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Helminiak">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfzT94NQPAoC&pg=PA111 |publisher=] |title=Land O' Lakes |first1=Jon |last1=Helminiak |date=6 June 2011 |pages=111–112|isbn=978-0-7385-8316-7 }}</ref> Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in ].<ref name="Camp">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp |url=https://bents-camp.com/ |website=Bent's Camp |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Bell"/> In 1896 the campgrounds were established.<ref name="Gauper"/> The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds.<ref name="Gauper">{{cite news |last=Gauper |first=Beth |date=2005-02-13 |title=Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-07-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240714093148/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |archivedate=2024-07-14 }}</ref><ref name="Discover Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History |url=https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/bents-camp-experience-125-years-of-history/ |website=Discover |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=]|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hintz |first1=Martin |last2=Percy |first2=Pam |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Tracee |date=2014 |title=Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings |url=https://archive.org/details/foodloversguidet0000hint/page/262/ |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=] |via=] |page=252 |isbn=978-0-7627-9214-6 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }}</ref> Today the campgrounds encompass {{convert|360|acre}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-campground-prote/151103554/ |newspaper=] |date=June 15, 1965 |page=39}}</ref> | |||
| ==History== | |||
| In the 1890s the area near Bent's in Vilas county was known for ] and several logging camps were established as a result of the industry. Bent's camp was founded as one of those logging camps, in 1893, .<ref name="Bell"/> | |||
| The camp was owned and operated by Charles Bent, into the 1940s<ref>{{cite news |title=Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp |newspaper=] |location=] |date=August 12, 1954 |page=6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wausau-daily-herald-austin-bent-son-of/151103407/ |accessdate=July 14, 2024}}</ref> In 1990 Raymond M. Peterson purchased the resort with his wife Carol. The two operated the resort until they sold it to their daughter Lisa in 2003.<ref name="Peterson">{{cite news |title=Peterson, Raymond M. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-bents-camp-reso/129972572/ |access-date=14 August 2023 |newspaper=] |date=12 February 2008}}</ref> Lisa and Paul Stemen continued running the resort until 2011 when two long-time visitors, Craig and Amy Kusick, offered to purchase the location.<ref>{{cite news |last=Nimsgern |first=Tom |date=May 14, 2011 |title=Nostalgia inspires new owners to purchase camp |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/872460736/A71BBFA13AE04289PQ/2 |work=The Northwoods River News |access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| Each year in February the resort hosts a ] event called the Radar Run. The annual event is a fundraiser for a snowmobile club.<ref name="Radar">{{cite news |title=Radar Run Held at Bent's Camp |url=https://www.borderbulletin.com/images/2022/02-10-22/BB_02-10-22w.pdf |access-date=12 October 2023 |publisher=Border Bulletin |date=10 February 2022}}</ref> An annual music festival called Northwoodstock is also held at the location.<ref>{{cite news |last=Skola |first=Shereen |date=March 24, 2013 |title=5 great places to eat Up North |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1319042679/A71BBFA13AE04289PQ/3 |work=] |access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> The resort was featured in a 2023 episode of America's Best Restaurants Roadshow.<ref>{{cite news |last=Drew |first=Michelle |date=September 13, 2023 |title=Two local restaurants to be featured as ‘America’s best’ |url=https://www.vcnewsreview.com/news/two-local-restaurants-to-be-featured-as-america-s-best/article_96cd5c14-51f3-11ee-9e54-07aea7768512.html |work=Vilas County News-Review |access-date=September 6, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| * {{cite thesis |last=Bawden |first=Timothy |date=2001 |title=Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4xpAAAAMAAJ |publisher=] |degree=PhD |page=115 |id={{ProQuest|231652918}} |accessdate=2024-07-14 }} | |||
| * {{cite book |last=Westervelt |first=Amy |date=2012 |title=Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination |url=https://archive.org/details/michigansupperpe0000west/ |location=Woodstock, Vermont |publisher=] |pages=, |isbn=978-1-58157-138-7 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }} | |||
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Revision as of 20:14, 14 October 2024
Campground in Vilas county Wisconsin | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Mamie Lake (Wisconsin). (Discuss) Proposed since September 2024. |
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| Location | Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 46°11′19″N 89°23′51″W / 46.188611°N 89.3975°W / 46.188611; -89.3975 |
| Type | Campground and cabins |
| Facilities | 12 cabins |
| Water | Mamie Lake (Wisconsin) |
| Operated by | Craig Kusick |
| Website | Bent's Camp Resort |
Bent's Camp Resort is a resort in Northern Wisconsin in Land o' Lakes, Wisconsin. The resort has 12 cabins and it is located on the south shore of Mamie Lake (Wisconsin). In 1893 as a Bent's was established as a logging camp. In 1896 Charles Bent established it as a campground with cabins. The Bent family operated the campground until the 1940s.
Background
Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893 and it was developed from what was an obsolete logging camp. Bent's became a tourist recreation spot. Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in Vilas County, Wisconsin. In 1896 the campgrounds were established. The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds. Today the campgrounds encompass 360 acres (150 ha).
History
In the 1890s the area near Bent's in Vilas county was known for logging and several logging camps were established as a result of the industry. Bent's camp was founded as one of those logging camps, in 1893, .
The camp was owned and operated by Charles Bent, into the 1940s In 1990 Raymond M. Peterson purchased the resort with his wife Carol. The two operated the resort until they sold it to their daughter Lisa in 2003. Lisa and Paul Stemen continued running the resort until 2011 when two long-time visitors, Craig and Amy Kusick, offered to purchase the location.
Each year in February the resort hosts a snowmobile event called the Radar Run. The annual event is a fundraiser for a snowmobile club. An annual music festival called Northwoodstock is also held at the location. The resort was featured in a 2023 episode of America's Best Restaurants Roadshow.
References
- ^ Bell, Devon (2016). Haunted Summerwind: A Ghostly History of a Wisconsin Mansion (Paperback). Haunted America. p. 22. ISBN 9781626194373. ISBN 1626194378. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- Helminiak, Jon (6 June 2011). Land O' Lakes. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 111–112. ISBN 978-0-7385-8316-7.
- "Bent's Camp". Bent's Camp. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ Gauper, Beth (2005-02-13). "Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era". St. Paul Pioneer Press. Archived from the original on 2024-07-14. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- "Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History". Discover. Discover Wisconsin. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
- Hintz, Martin; Percy, Pam (2014). Williams, Tracee (ed.). Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-7627-9214-6. Retrieved 2024-07-14 – via Internet Archive.
- "Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp". Green Bay Press-Gazette. June 15, 1965. p. 39.
- "Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp". Wausau Daily Herald. Wausau, Wisconsin. August 12, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
- "Peterson, Raymond M." Wisconsin State Journal. 12 February 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
- Nimsgern, Tom (May 14, 2011). "Nostalgia inspires new owners to purchase camp". The Northwoods River News. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- "Radar Run Held at Bent's Camp" (PDF). Border Bulletin. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- Skola, Shereen (March 24, 2013). "5 great places to eat Up North". Wausau Daily Herald. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
- Drew, Michelle (September 13, 2023). "Two local restaurants to be featured as 'America's best'". Vilas County News-Review. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
Further reading
- Bawden, Timothy (2001). Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 (PhD thesis). University of Wisconsin–Madison. p. 115. ProQuest 231652918. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
- Westervelt, Amy (2012). Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination. Woodstock, Vermont: The Countryman Press. pp. 175, 178. ISBN 978-1-58157-138-7. Retrieved 2024-07-14.