Idlewild History
Ella Van Bramer
It all begins with Ella’s Idlewild Camping Resort.
Idlewild History
Harvey Ervin Witwer
The Studebaker connection and the Idlewild Stockranch.
Idlewild History
Ella Van Bramer
It all begins with Ella’s Idlewild Camping Resort.
Idlewild History
Harvey Ervin Witwer
The Studebaker connection and the Idlewild Stockranch.
Idlewild History
George Dauth
The Dauth’s and Idlewild Lodge.
Latest Posts
The Gardens Of Idlewild
Despite having a river run through it, the Big Thompson is an arid place, where life clings to where the water flows. The secret to Idlewild's early…
The Ritz Motel
In 1947 Albert Appleby, of the Appleby Motel, purchased Idlewild Lot 6. Here he began construction of a second motel which would be known as the…
Stump Inn
In the early 1920s, Clarence H. Stump, a grain farmer from Loveland, purchased Idlewild Lot 17.
Florence Dauth
Florence Dauth (birth-name Yeaton) was born in 1878 in the small farming town of Bancroft, Nebraska. After graduating high school she began working…
The Idle Wild House
The first cabin built at Idlewild was most likely the Idle Wild House. Constructed in 1906, this building was Ella Van Bramer's personal residence…
Cambrian Lodge
Shortly after purchasing Idlewild Lodge in 1921, George Dauth sold Idlewild Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 to the John Jones family.
Stage Line to Idlewild
The completion of the Riley Road in 1903 marked the beginnings of a tourist boom in the Big Thompson Canyon. For the first time a road went through…
Frank Marvin the Murderer of Idlewild
In 1878 Frank Marvin, the trapper of Idlewild, was tending to his traps in the Buckhorn canyon when he came across a mule. Not seeing anyone about he…
Frank Marvin the Trapper of Idlewild
One of the first persons to be documented living in the Big Thompson Canyon was a trapper by the name of Frank Marvin. Frank was born in Ohio around…
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