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 Ritz.

In the early 1920s, Clarence H. Stump, a grain farmer from Loveland, purchased Idlewild Lot 17.

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 and headquarters for her Idlewild Camping Resort.

Shortly after purchasing Idlewild Lodge in 1921, George Dauth sold Idlewild Lot 1 and part of Lot 2 to the John Jones family.

Between 1946 and 1949 Hubert Appleby built a restaurant across the river from Appleby Motel called Appleby’s Cafe. The restaurant sat beside the highway between the motel convenience store to the…

The history of the Appleby Motel begins in the 1920s after Ed Wild purchased the land west of Idlewild bridge that would later become the motel grounds. Ed Wild’s first construction was a stone cabin…

In October of 1921 George Dauth sold part of Idlewild Lot 2 to the Albert James Luther family. The Luther's built a cabin there, and named it the DAM'FINO. One of Albert Luther's sons, Lawton, wrote…