1884 - The Vandalia people have fully decided to erect a hotel at Maxinkuckee,
the present season, to cost some $30,000 - Daily Journal, Evansville, Indiana
1885 - May 8 - A restaurant, skating rink and lodge house is to be built at
Lake Maxinkuckee the Nickel Plate resort. - The Fort Wayne Sentinel
1885 - May 9 - A joint stock company has been organized with a capital of four
thousand dollars, for the purpose of building a first class restaurant, skating
rink and sleeping rooms, at Maxenknckee Lake near the Vandalia station Half the
stock was subscribed the first day, and it is thought there will be no difficulty
in raising the necessary funds to complete the structure within the next six weeks.
Mr. Toner of Kewanna, is the moving spirit, and and his well known abilty, push and
ter_e gives assurance that the work will be pushed to completion as rapidly as
_ and money can do it Plymouth Democrat - Logansport Chronicle /
1885 - May 13 - A joint stock company has been organized with a capital of $4,000
for the purpose of building a first class restaurant, skating rink and sleeping rooms,
at Maxenknckee Lake near the Vandalia station Half the stock was subscribed the first day,
and it is thought there will be no trouble in raising the necessary funds to complete the
structure within the next six weeks. - Indianapolis Journal
1885 - May 13 - A joint stock company has been organized with a capital of $4,000, for the purpose
of building a first-clasee restaurant, skating rink and sleeping rooms at Maxinkuckee near the
Vandalia station. Half the stock was subscribed the first day, and it is thought there will be no
trouble in raising the necessay funds to complete the structure within the next six weeks. -
Indianapolis Journal
1885 - Aug 17 - The plans for a hotel of one hundred rooms at Lake Maxinkuckee,
have been drawn, and the contract for erecting the building let. Ohmer Brothers,
owners of the railroad restaurant at Indianapolis, have leased the hotel for five
years. - Indianapolis Journal
1885 - Aug 19 - The Indianapolis Jouraal says that the plans for a hotel of 100 rooms, at Lake Maxinkinkee,
have been drawn, and today the contract for the building will be let. Ohmer Bro's, the owners of a number
of railroad restaurants, have leased the hotel for five years, which is to be erected by
Al Toner.- - Logansport Weekly Pharos
1885 aug 20 - Argos reflector – the plans for a hotel of one hundred rooms at Lake Maxinkuckee have been
drawn, and the contract for erecting the building let. Ohmer Brothers owner of the railroad restaurant at
Indianapolis, have leased the hotel or five years
1886 Jun 8 - Terre Haute Express: "Last year there was considerable talk about a hotel to be
built at Lake Maxinkuckee by Terre Haute capital, but the season was to far advanced
to do anything in that direction before the matter took definite shape. This spring
the matter was talked over again, but sufficient money was not subscribed to erect
the kind of structure the projectors desired. Some very liberal subscriptions have, been
made, however, and it is not likely that the enterprise will full through -
1886, July 2 - Lake Maxinkuckee Looking Up.
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In 1890, owing to business reverses of some of the members, it became necessary to disband the club and dispose of the property, which was done, the Vandalia railroad company purchasing it for $16,000. nd became the Lake View Hotel. |