Related Records

1. Abstract for the property known as Anglers Restaurant at the intersection of County Road W and Tower Road. 1872-1987 - Note: the abstract is in reverse order. Attached is a summary of the real estate transfers to help follow the ownership changes.

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2. Abstract for the property known as the Fireplace Inn. 1872-1987 - The document includes ownership transfers of many different lots from the Rest Lake dam and logging camp on Vance Lake to The Fireplace Inn on Tower Road. Attached are summary real estate transfers by lot, or groups of lots, to help follow ownership.

   Record Type: Archive

   
3. "Big Development Around Rest Lake" 12/1928 Iron County Miner (Hurley, WI) - Lakeland Lands, Inc, managed by Morris Holzman of Eagle River, had land holdings in what is now downtown Manitowish Waters and on Rest Lake. In the 1920s they began selling the property for development and summer homes. The article discusses the building for the Northern Lights Hotel, Tower Tea Room and Schuster's Bakery.

   12/7/1928

   Record Type: Archive

   
4. Commerce in the 1920s. By JoAnn Miller - The article explores some of the first resorts and businesses opening in the Town of Spider Lake in the 1920s as tourism was begining to grow.

   2/2021

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5. Josephine Bernard sues Peter Kirbach, aka the Doughnut King, for breach of marriage promise. 1934 - Bernard, owner of the Tower Tea Room, who divorced husband Arthur Zermuehlen in 1930, is suing for $100,000 in damages. She claims Kirbach promised to marry her in 1931,1932 and 1933 but has since refused.

   1934

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6. The Tower Inn- a store and filling station owned by Frank and Lucy Laundrie ca 1922-1928 - The business was so named as there was a fire tower built on the hill right behind this building. This became a branch of the main Post Office in Manitowish, WI in 1928. It was sold to Arthur and Josephine Zermuehlen in late 1928. The building in the background is the ranger station.

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7. The Tower Tea Room ca 1929-mid 1930s - Built by Arthur and Josephine Zermuehlen in 1928. After getting divorced, Josephine, aka Jo Bernard, owned the building until 1944 when she sold it to Garbers. Oscar Hanke operated a soda parlor in the building in 1930; George Bazso operated Bazso's Cocktail Tower Bar and Dining room from 1939-1941.

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8. Tower Tea Room aka Tower Tavern 1928-1944 - The property was purchased by Arthur and Josephine Zermuehlen in 1928. They built the Tower Tea Room building. Zermuehlens divorced in 1930 and Josephine retained ownership as Jo Bernard until she sold to Garbers in 1944. The building must have been leased to others under Jo's ownership as Oscar Hanke operated a soda parlor there in 1930 and it was known as George Bazso's Cocktail Tower Bar and Dining Room from 1939 to 1941. Included in the record is her 1957 obituary.

   Record Type: Archive