Early History of Lake Maxinkuckee - Miscellaneous  

What is now the town of Culver , was originially called Union Town. It was surveyed and reg ularly laid out in 1844 by Byaless L. Dickson, the owner of the land on which it was situated. The wown was resurveyed in 1851, when its name was changed at the suggestion of D. G. A. Durr , to Marmont, in honor of the French General Marmont. About 1898, the name of Marmont was changed to Culver in honor of Mr. H. H. Culver , founder of the Culver Military Academy, located on the northeast shore of the lake, and by that name it is now known and undoubtednly will continue to be known for all time to come.

Maxinkuckee town was never reg ularly laid out. Like Topsy, it "jist grow'd". It is situated on a high bluff half mile east on the east side of the lake, and containes a pop ulation of about one hundred.

Culver Military Academy, on the northeast shore of the lake, was founded in 1894 by Mr. Henery H. Culver , a generous and philanthropic citizen of St. Louise, Mo., with a view to help the boys of the present day to secure that kind of education which would best fit them for college or univesity, or for an honorable and usef ul business career. A history of the rise and progess of this great insitution, only excelled by the governemtn academy at West Point, would require more space than is at our commaned in this brief history. In its establishement, Mr. Culver has erected amonumnet to his memory as lasting as the beautiful lake whose banks it adorns.

The Maxinkuckee Assembly was organized in 1900 by Elder J. V. Coombs. He purchased several acres of lake front on the west side of the lake near the town of Culver , leased it to the Assembly Association who erected an auditorium and several other buildings. It is owned and managed by the Disciple's Church. Religious and other exercises, lectures, musical concerts, etc., have been held there each summer since its organization.