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Section 1 (A-E)	Section 2 (F-J)		Section 3 (K-O)		Section 5 (P-T)		Section 6 (U-Z)

First Grocery		Forest Primeval		Fresh Start		Fortes
Genslers Trailer Court		Giese's Indian Lodge		Golden Pines		Harvey Tavern
Hearth, The		Heart 'O Woods Site		Hiller's Pine Haven		Hodge Podge Lodge
Hubba Bubba		Hunter's Log Cabin Resort		Hunter School		Idle Hours Resort
Jack Pine Lodge		Jack's Sport & Marine		Jackson's Lakeside Cottages		Jackson School
Jaeger's Liquor Store		Jeannie's Weinies		Juve Road		Juve School

First Grocery Al Camp and his wife, Ruth , started the first area grocery store in their house on this site (1st photo) in the late 1940's. It is located on Highway 70 E, across from Evergreen Ranch and along the Little St. Germain River. The house is to the right, of the garage and behind the trees. This home has gone through several owners since then. The second photo shows the Camp's store as it was first built on the mall. The third photo shows Al and Ruth standing in front of their store. Judging from the positions of the parked cars and the shadows, the 2nd and 3rd photos were taken within a very short time of each other in spite of the fact that one is color and the other black and white.. The third photo shows some later remodeling. The fourth photo shows the store as it was before the current new one was built. This now houses Weber's Wooden Nickel and the Community First Church of Christ's store. Top

Forest Primeval Forest Primeval was one of two of John Vandervort's resorts on Lost Lake, which included a large amount of shoreline. This resort also included what is known as the "Stone House" which was one of the guest houses on the resort. Forest Primeval Road is named after this resort. Top

Fresh Start "Fresh Start" is a flower and plant business on Hwy 70 operated by Marlene Bartelt, a long-time resident of St. Germain and daughter of Ewald Anderson. Top

Fortes This tavern on the junction of Hwy 70 and O was operated by Terry Lindstrom. More information can be found under the Waukegan. Top

Gensler's Trailer Court George Gensler purchased "Ma" Johnson's and operated it as Club 155 for decades. After he sold it, he continued to run this beer tavern and trailer park on Found Lake along Juve Road until he passed away. This is a photo of the beer bar as you would turn into the trailer park from Juve Road. Top

Giese's Indian Lodge This was operated by Glenn Giese until he sold it and moved to Redgranite, WI. More information regarding this site can be found under Harvey Tavern. Top

Golden Pines Chuck and Sharon (Last names unknown) purchased Giese's Indian Lodge from Glen Giese and renamed it Golden Pines. More information regarding this site can be found under Harvey Tavern. Top

Harvey Tavern This was built in the 1920's by Joe Zellner, the same person who built what is now Sisters Saloon (The Peacock) and Murmuring Waters. A man who's last name was Harvey was the original owner and this place also included cabins on both sides of it and down to the Lake. The cabins were all sold through the years by various owners. Joe Molgaard purchased this from Harvey and changed the name to Molgaard's Indian Lodge. He operated this supper club for decades and it became nationally known. There was a complete meat cutting department in the basement and the meat served was hand cut. Molgaard's specialty was a hand-cut steak called the "Butter Ball." There were not many that could be cut, so it was always in short supply. Lucky was the steak lover, who managed to order it and it was in supply. Molgaard retired and sold his restaurant to Glenn Giese, who changed the name to "Giese's Indian Lodge." Giese ran it for several years, then sold it. The new owners changed the name to "Golden Pines." Some old-timers used to claim the place is haunted because someone hanged himself in the attic. There has never been any verification or authentication found of such a hanging, but the story lingers. Giese converted the attic into living quarters and never had a problem with any ghosts. Top

The Hearth This supper club was originally known as "The Hearth," named for the large fireplace in the center of the dining room. It was originally built and operated by Floyd Rogers. The house, partially seen on the left, was where Floyd lived. Ed Reid, Sr. purchased The Hearth in 1971 and renamed it Spang's Italian Restaurant. He operated it for many years, then turned over management to his son, Joe Reid. The fence and addition behind the fence were built by Ed and were not there when it was known as The Hearth. Top

Heart 'O the Woods Site The "Heart O' the Woods" was located on Hwy 155, outside of St. Germain. It was originally built by Frank Zaruba in the 1930's. He operated it for some years, then his son, Leon Zaruba, took over. The tavern was then sold to a fellow who's last name was Raster. Raster also later owned Pride of the North Resort on Little St. Germain. The Heart was later sold to Frank Grabinski, who operated it for several years. It was then purchased by Katie Borke and her husband. Her husband passed away and Katie sold it to Tom Zimmerman in 1975. Tom Zimmerman ran it for a few years, then sold it to someone else (person unknown), who eventually sold it to Tony "Have I got a deal for you!" Pulec. Tony built a thriving business and it was certainly one of the most popular taverns in the area. He started "Mexican Night" in the area, which was a big success and other taverns soon followed. He also purchased a tavern on the Jct of 70 and 51, renaming it "Heart II" for his son, Steven to operate. After many successful years, Tony sold the tavern to Charles (Chuck) and Beverly Altamore. The "Heart" burned down. sometime after this and all that is left is this empty lot. Top

Hiller's Pine Haven This resort is located at the end of Paton Road on West Bay of Little St. Germain Lake. We do not know the original owner, but it was purchased by Lester Hiller in the 1950's. It is currently operated by his grandson, Mark Hiller. Top

Hodge Podge Lodge This was another very short-term restaurant operation when Jack Koch and his wife, Nancy purchased what was once Eliason's Some Place Else. Top

Hubba Bubba Hubba Hubba was originally built and operated for many years by Elwood DeNoyer. The year it was built is not known, but old-timers claim it was in the late-1940's.. A photograph of the interior bar in an unknown year shows a sign that says the Friday Night Fish Fry was seventy-five cents (and it wasn't cod). Jack and Judy McGregor purchased Hubba Hubba in 1971 and changed the name to Blink Bonnie, a Scottish name. They added the addition which can be distinguished on the left half of the building. The right side with the vertical logs is the original Hubba Hubba building. .Judy built Blink Bonnie into being the Number #1 steak house in the area. When she passed away, her son, Jim McGregor, took over management of it. Top

Hunter's Log Cabin Resort Jack Hunter and his wife "Kit" built Hunter's Log Cabin Resort on the north shore of Big St. Germain Lake and operated it for many years. It was one of the first three resorts on the lake. The other two were Muskie Inn and Jack Pine Lodge. It was eventually sold to Joe and Mary Osier and "Bo" and Laurie Bodecker. Eventually, Osier bought out Bodecker and it became known as Osier's Resort. After Osier sold it many years later, the main building was torn down and a new one built in its place and renamed Fibber's. When you are inside Fibber's, Osier's kitchen was where the current bar is now. The old bar (Osier's) was to the left, which is the dining area. This photograph is after Fibber's rebuilt it, but the building retains its basic structure. The exterior was white when Joe Osier owned it. Top

Hunter School Hunter School was probably built sometime after the Juve and Jackson Schools. No one today seems to know exactly where this school was located. However, its name would indicate that it was in the vicinity of Hunter's Log Cabin Resort. Top

Idle Hours Resort This resort is located on East Bay of Little St. Germain Lake. The earliest known owner was a man whose last name was Eschweiler. He owned this resort from 1947 - 1948. It was then owned for 6 or 8 years by a man whose last name was Hoffman. He sold the resort to Cass Andrews. A man with the last name of Hone owned it from 1969-1973 and it was then purchased by Jim Milady. Jim ran it until 1977 when it was sold to Boyd Best. The resort is currently managed by Boyd's son, Thomas. Top

Jack Pine Lodge This was the third resort built on Big St. Germain Lake. It was built and operated by Alexander McGregor, Sr. In time, management was turned over to Alexander McGregor, Jr. After many years, the resort was divided among Alexander, Jr.'s children. Exactly how the resort was divided is not known. Lionell and Jenny (daughter of Alexander, Jr.) Rux operated some cottages under the name of Rux's Cabins. Another part was eventually sold to David Haverkampf under the name Sunrise Shores and still goes by that name. Top

Jack's Sport & Marine There were actually two in a row with this name. The first was owned by Jack Mohn, who then sold it to Jack Koch and he kept the name the same. More information on this business can be found under Welch's Sport Shop Top

Jackson's Lakeside Cottages This resort on West Bay of Little St. Germain Lake was purchased in the 1920's by George H. Jackson. It became one of the better-known resorts in the St. Germain area. The resort is still operated by his grandsons, Thomas and Kenneth Jackson. Top

Jackson School Jackson School was a one-room 1-8 grade school that operated at the same time as the Juve School. The Town of Farmington (which included Cloverland) was established in 1907 and was divided into two school districts. The Juve School served the northern district and the Jackson School served the southern district. It was located by the farm that George H. Jackson purchased in 1903 near Finley Lake and eventually built Red Oaks Resort. The site of the Jackson School is difficult to find. It is about 100 yards in the woods off Shields Road, but there is nothing left of it but a slight depression in the ground. Top

Jaeger's Liquor Store This was located on Hwy 155 not far from the junction of Hwy 155 & Cty C. It was built and operated by Frank Jaeger as a liquor store in the late 1970's. There has been no other known retail business here since he passed away in 1985. Top

Jeannies Weinies This was a small camper trailer that was converted into a hot dog stand by Nancy Koch. She operated it in front of Jack's Sport Marine and eventually sold it to Jeanne Ray. The actual name of the hot dog stand as run by Nancy Koch is unknown, but all the residents referred to it as "Hon's Buns" because Nancy tends to greet people with, "Hi, Hon!" When Jeannie Ray bought the hot dog stand, Thomas Rossi said, "If it was called Hon's Buns, then it probably should be called Jeannies Weinies now." The name stuck. She operated the stand in what was an empty lot where the Subway now stands. Top

Juve Road Juve Road is one of a dwindling number of higher traffic canopied roads left around St. Germain. They are steadily being widened and straightened because of complaints from new people who are apparently incapable of driving on anything less than an Interstate. The road was named after the Obert Juve family, among our earliest residents, who had their farm at the end of it. Top

Juve School This is the site of the one-room, 1-8 grade Juve School. This school served the northern school district of Farmington. When the White School (Content School) was built on the corner of Hwy 155 & 70 in 1923, the Juve School was used as the town hall. It was located on the corner of Juve and Moon Roads, but there is not trace left. John Vandervort taught in this school. Oscar Eliason was a student as were the Juve boys. Top