1000 East Shore Drive  

Section 22 - ? acres Nesswagh-ee Reservation

Section 22 Section 22 Lot 1 - 37.70A; 40 Section: 22 Lot 2 - 45.45A Section 22 Lot 3 - 32.00A Section 22 Lot 4 - 35.70A

1872 Plat Map Section 22 Lot 1 - 37.32 - G. Peeples Lot 2 - 45.45A S & J. W Rector Lot 3 32A - S. Rctor S & J W Rector - 40A A Smith - 80A 3.90A - A W B .97? - D J 159A - J. C. Miles a part in Sec. 23- A Bartholomew 35.70A

1876 Plat Map Section 22 J C Miles - 158A

1880 Plat Map Section 22 Platted cottage lots G. Peeples 35.5A Rector & Thomas 85A & 32A H. B. Scott 34.50A

1882 - George Curtis Miller

From the 1886 15th Annual Report to the Governor MAXINKUCKEE W. H. Thompson & S. E. Lee

The next well is on the lot of Mr. George W. Miller, of Peru, who has built no cottage, but with his family passes the summers in a large tent. His well is fifty feet deep, and was driven by two men in three hours. The per cent. of iron in the water from this well is evidently much less than in most others near it.

1898

1900

1900 - George E. Miller [ George Curtis Miller Sr. (1848-1919)]

1908

1908 - Miller

1922

1922 - G. E/L. Miller [George Curtis Miller]

1930 - Miller, George C. [ George Curtis Miller Jr. 1882-1956)]

Barbara Miller Meeker writes of the history of the cottage:
Grandfather, George Curtis Miller of Peru, IN, bought the lot in 1882. The same year Dad, George Curtis Miller Jr.,was born.

He had three other sons, Charles, Elbert and Harry. They came to the lake on the train to Culver and took a steamer over to a hotel near our lot and tented for years. There also was a large boathouse on the property until 1964 when my Mother built the cottage that is now there.

My sister, Mary Ellen Miller and I inherited the property from our parents and our Uncle Elbert Shirk Miller.

When they changed the road (117) to further east my Dad and Uncle bought a right of way passing over the property north of us to get to our property, which was the old bridge over the creek on the original road that went right behind the boathouse. They also bought half of the public access along with the owner north of us since it was no longer accessible.

As a child we would picnic on our lot and rented the old Perkins two flat north of us for two weeks in August every year for our vacation.

Know how hard it is to gather information so that is why I want our family to have credit for being some of the first on the lake. I have pictures of the tenting times. The tent even had several rooms! My Mother hated it and was thrilled when a storm blew it away!

I also have information about Joe Shirk since my Dad worked for him in the bank

1953-61 - address not listed in lake directories

,,,,, Mar 1979 - Ruth Burton Miller (Mrs George Curtis Miller Jr.)

Mar 1979-Oct 1993 - Miller - Meeker Cottage

Mary Ellen Miller & Barbara (Miller) Meeker (Mrs. William 'Bill' F.)

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Oct 1993-2024 - Brian A. & Mariellen Boomsma

Brian founded the dairy products company Dutch Farms, Inc. 1987 with his brother Bruce Boomsma in Lansing, Illinois and then moved the operations to Langley and 107th Street in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

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