Name/Title
Douglas House articleEntry/Object ID
2022.03.64Scope and Content
Page from the August 20, 1970 Commercial Record with an article about the history of the Douglas House titled "Plenty to Eat, With a Place to Sleep"Context
Mentions the inn's founding by Jonathan Wade in 1861, the Wade family exodus to Cadillac, new owners Weatherwax and Mason, manager John Ryan, proprietors W.D. Roberts and Jervis H. Kibby, Kibby's 80-acre Uba Dam Fruit Farm, trading the inn to Fred Schultz in 1916, an account by Mrs. Vere Kean and the inns destruction by fire in Feb. 1934 as recounted by Mrs. Howard Schultz.
The bottom of the clipping has a list of Village of Douglas Presidents from 1870 to 1970 that includes the surnames Ensign, Wiley, Smith, Gray, McLean, Gill, Payne, Boyles, Moore, Dutcher, Crouse, Kerr, McDonald, Stroud, Wade, Weed, Plummer, Gerber, Stroud, Durham, McDonald, Forrester, Plummer, Devine, Kramer, Tisdale, Prentice, Campbell, Bekken, Quade, Dryan, Gifford, Showers, Scott, Wicks, Henneman.Collection
1930+ Tourism, lodging, hotels and B&Bs, Fires and fire departmentsLocation
Filing cabinet
Files PropertiesRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Wade, Jonathan 1808-1868, Ryan, John 1826-1893, Kibby, Jervis H. 1843-1933, 19 S. Washington/Douglas House and Tavern/Eagle Hotel/Wades HotelCreate Date
July 25, 2022Update Date
February 14, 2024
