Pleasure Grounds
150 Years of Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio’s First Summer Resort
Feather Cottage Media, 2019
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Also available direct from the author in both softcover and hardcover deluxe editions. Very limited supply! Free gift with each book purchased!
Geneva-on-the-Lake started out as a “Pleasure Grounds” opened on July 4, 1879, and quickly grew into a summer resort town that, by the 1920s, had firmly established itself as the working man’s playground. This book, illustrated with hundreds of vintage photographs, is the story of a families and the vacationers they served from generation to generation. Written for the 150th anniversary of the resort, the book is a documentary of the community, its businesses and the people who found pleasure in its amusements and beach, year after year.
Amazon reviewers say:
This is a great historical of Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. I started just browsing through to look at pictures and was soon obsessed with reading the stories of the people and places. Thank you, for your dedication to history!
