State Rd 117 - East Shore Drive Index

This was by news articles first just a county road. - Just when it became St. Rd. 117 had yet to be determied

1927 - Proposed change to East Shore Drive

1927 - Nov 2 - Property Owners to Pace Part od Weat Side Road

Have Bought Right of Way and Donated it to the County

Straightens Road

Will Go From Artillery Barn to Hollyhock Corner; To Be Finished by Summer

Paving of the East SIde road is to become a Reality!

For years the lack of good road around the lake has been bemoaned by all those who traveled them, and for years efforts have been made to securse a hard surfaced road, but to no avail.

But now the ball is finally rolling and a start will be made.

WHile this strip will be but 1459 feet in length, it is hoped that it will set a precedent that will result in the ultimate goal - a paved road around the lake.

The stretch that is to be paved first will stary at the Artillery barn of the academy where the school's new road will end, thence past K. K. Culver's property, where it begins an angle to the Hollyhock or Vonnegut cottage.

This will all be paved with an eighteen foot furface of probably Kyrock, with a forty foot right of way. This land hall all been donated by the property owners concerned and the cost of paving wull also be paid for by them.

It will probably be the first road in the country that cost the county nothing.

The road will eliminate the danerous corner at the Kittle cottage as well as giving the cottagers along that stretch adequate property at the rear of their cottages.

Traveling along the road will also be much safer to say nothing of the pleasure of riding on a hard surfaced road.

The move must come before the county commissioners in December for official sanction and the final signing of contracts.

It is planned to have the new road finished by the time the heavy summer traffic starts, and sooner if possible.

The property owners who have aided in this solving of the East Side Road problem include: Laura M. Culver, George Vonnegut, Maude F. Wolfe, Mrs. Bernard Vonnegut, Mrs. Emma Vonnegut, George Meuller, L. V. Bergman, John S. Kittle, Norman Perry, Mary H. Watermand, Susan E. Perkins, Walter Vonnegut and Itene Bogardus.

The transaction has been handled by W. O. Osborn who has been at work on the proposition for over two years, and who has spent much time in bringing about this community benefit. - Citizen.

1931 - Sep 16 - East Side Road to be Improved with Road Oil

A petition signed by a large number of cottagers on the east sife of Lake Maxinkuckee was presented to the county commissioners last week requestingt that the county aid them in improving the road form the Perry property where the hard surfacing now ends, to East Shore Lame

The cottagers agrees to furnish the road oil if the county would grade the road and spread the oil

This the commissioners agreed to do.

The work will be commenced next spring.

1950's - State Road 117, east shore established -

1953 - Aubbee Bay Access off St Rd 117 Private or County?