Thank you for this information. I have contacted Connie Hultgren Brown for additional information regarding both Teepeetonka and the Hultgren Lodge. Connie and I were class mates at New London High School and we graduated in 1960.
She has additional information and pictures of both resorts.
More later after I visit with Connie in May 2024.
Ken Hanson knhans42@gmail.com
651-231-0231
Pete de Cathelineau: My Dad tore it down. He saved part of one building and it sat next to the old shop west of the Spicer cemetery. I’m currently scanning a bunch of pictures that I think came from the old building. I think they may be postcards that have been glued to a cardboard backing.
Hi Peter,
I was a friend of your dad for many years. Chuck and I had lots of fun together at the Spicer American Legion as he always wanted to pull fingers with me. I never won!!!!
If you discover some pics I would like to have you share them with me as I’m creating a history of the old resorts that we on Green Lake between 1887 and 1920. Most of all of the them are long gone, but the history on them is ver interesting to many.
Ken Hanso knhans42@gmail.com
651-231-0231
I am looking into defining the exact location of Tepeetonka Hotel that was on Green Lake from 1895 till the 1060’s.
Do you have a map or pictures that can help us locate the building site during that time. The above note states that Fredulf Hultgren build another resort on property west of Tepeetonka. I know this lodge as I dated Connie Hultgren who was in my class at New London High School. We both graduated in 1960. I don’t remember seeing the teardown of either Tepeetonka or Hultgren’s Lodge. I do however remember the construction of the West Wood Inn Super Club.
Ken
Hultgrens was east of the Westwood Inn. My grandmother bought part of the resort. She bought a 50 ft lot on a hill with 4 cabins on it. In the mid 1960s for $6000. She used her inheritance to purchase it. Her name was Johanna Pautzke from Springfield, MN. Our family kept the property as cabins at least til 1990s. It was longer then that, I’d have to look through papers in storage for the date it was sold. Westwood Inn to east was Jack and Jenny Russell from Kansas, then Dr. Larrabee family (son jim still owns it) then Johanna Bielen ( went to Burdette and Gloria Bielen), next Larsons
My great grandfather Aaron Hultgren started the Tepeetonka in 1895. It stayed in the family until 1960 or so when it was razed. There are many alternate spellings. Aaron’s son Fredolf started his own resort in the 1930 on property directly west of the Tepeetonka. This lodge was in operation until the 1967 or so when it was sold and became the Westwood Inn. Photos available on Wikitree.
Thank you for this information. I have contacted Connie Hultgren Brown for additional information regarding both Teepeetonka and the Hultgren Lodge. Connie and I were class mates at New London High School and we graduated in 1960.
She has additional information and pictures of both resorts.
More later after I visit with Connie in May 2024.
Ken Hanson
knhans42@gmail.com
651-231-0231
Pete de Cathelineau: My Dad tore it down. He saved part of one building and it sat next to the old shop west of the Spicer cemetery. I’m currently scanning a bunch of pictures that I think came from the old building. I think they may be postcards that have been glued to a cardboard backing.
Hi Peter,
I was a friend of your dad for many years. Chuck and I had lots of fun together at the Spicer American Legion as he always wanted to pull fingers with me. I never won!!!!
If you discover some pics I would like to have you share them with me as I’m creating a history of the old resorts that we on Green Lake between 1887 and 1920. Most of all of the them are long gone, but the history on them is ver interesting to many.
Ken Hanso
knhans42@gmail.com
651-231-0231
I am looking into defining the exact location of Tepeetonka Hotel that was on Green Lake from 1895 till the 1060’s.
Do you have a map or pictures that can help us locate the building site during that time. The above note states that Fredulf Hultgren build another resort on property west of Tepeetonka. I know this lodge as I dated Connie Hultgren who was in my class at New London High School. We both graduated in 1960. I don’t remember seeing the teardown of either Tepeetonka or Hultgren’s Lodge. I do however remember the construction of the West Wood Inn Super Club.
Ken
Hultgrens was east of the Westwood Inn. My grandmother bought part of the resort. She bought a 50 ft lot on a hill with 4 cabins on it. In the mid 1960s for $6000. She used her inheritance to purchase it. Her name was Johanna Pautzke from Springfield, MN. Our family kept the property as cabins at least til 1990s. It was longer then that, I’d have to look through papers in storage for the date it was sold. Westwood Inn to east was Jack and Jenny Russell from Kansas, then Dr. Larrabee family (son jim still owns it) then Johanna Bielen ( went to Burdette and Gloria Bielen), next Larsons
My great grandfather Aaron Hultgren started the Tepeetonka in 1895. It stayed in the family until 1960 or so when it was razed. There are many alternate spellings. Aaron’s son Fredolf started his own resort in the 1930 on property directly west of the Tepeetonka. This lodge was in operation until the 1967 or so when it was sold and became the Westwood Inn. Photos available on Wikitree.