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{{short description|Campground in Vilas county Wisconsin}} |
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| name = Bent's Camp Resort |
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| image = Bent's Camp lodge with Mamie Lake in the background Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin looking North.jpg |
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| caption = Bent's Camp lodge looking North toward Mamie Lake |
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'''Bent's Camp Resort''' is a resort in Northern Wisconsin in ]. The resort has 12 cabins and it is located on the south shore of ]. |
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==Background== |
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Bent's camp was established on Mamie Lake in 1893.<ref name="Bell">{{cite book |last1=Bell |first1=Devon |title=Haunted Summerwind |date=2016 |publisher=Haunted America |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=9781626194373 |page=22 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wiu1DAAAQBAJ&dq=mamie+lake+wisconsin&pg=PA22 |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="Helminiak">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JfzT94NQPAoC&pg=PA111 |publisher=] |title=Land O' Lakes |first1=Jon |last1=Helminiak |date=6 June 2011 |pages=111–112|isbn=978-0-7385-8316-7 }}</ref> Bent's is located at 6882 Helen Creek Rd. Land O' Lakes, WI 54540 in ].<ref name="Camp">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp |url=https://bents-camp.com/ |website=Bent's Camp |access-date=10 August 2023}}</ref> In 1896 the campgrounds were established.<ref name="Gauper"/> The campgrounds allow traditional campers and the grounds also feature 12 cabins. In 1906 a restaurant was added to the grounds.<ref name="Gauper">{{cite news |last=Gauper |first=Beth |date=2005-02-13 |title=Golden Oldies - In the North Woods, Classic Lodges Are Remnants of a Vanished Era |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |newspaper=] |accessdate=2024-07-14 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20240714093148/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/1085BCE951631319&f=basic |archivedate=2024-07-14 }}</ref><ref name="Discover Wisconsin">{{cite web |title=Bent's Camp: Experience 125 Years of History |url=https://discoverwisconsin.com/blog/bents-camp-experience-125-years-of-history/ |website=Discover |date=4 October 2021 |publisher=]|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Hintz |first1=Martin |last2=Percy |first2=Pam |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Tracee |date=2014 |title=Food Lovers' Guide to Wisconsin: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings |url=https://archive.org/details/foodloversguidet0000hint/page/262/ |location=Guilford, Connecticut |publisher=] |via=] |page=252 |isbn=978-0-7627-9214-6 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }}</ref> It encompassed {{convert|360|acre}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Campground Protest over expansion of Bent's Camp |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/green-bay-press-gazette-campground-prote/151103554/ |newspaper=Green Bay Press Gazette |date=June 15, 1965 |page=39}}</ref> |
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==History== |
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The area near Bent's in Vilas county was known for ] and several camps began as a result of the logging industry. As a result of logging, in 1893 Bent's camp was founded.<ref name="Bell"/> |
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The camp was owned and operated by the Bent family, into the 1940s<ref>{{cite news |title=Austin Bent, son of Charles Bent, operator of Bent's Camp |newspaper=] |location=] |date=August 12, 1954 |page=6 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wausau-daily-herald-austin-bent-son-of/151103407/ |accessdate=July 14, 2024}}</ref> In 1990 Raymond M. Peterson purchased the resort with his wife Carol. The two operated the resort until they sold it to their daughter Lisa in 2003.<ref name="Peterson">{{cite news |title=Peterson, Raymond M. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-bents-camp-reso/129972572/ |access-date=14 August 2023 |newspaper=] |date=12 February 2008}}</ref> |
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Each year in February the resort hosts a ] event called the Radar Run. The annual event is a fundraiser for a snowmobile club.<ref name="Radar">{{cite news |title=Radar Run Held at Bent's Camp |url=https://www.borderbulletin.com/images/2022/02-10-22/BB_02-10-22w.pdf |access-date=12 October 2023 |publisher=Border Bulletin |date=10 February 2022}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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==Further reading== |
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* {{cite thesis |last=Bawden |first=Timothy |date=2001 |title=Reinventing the Frontier: Tourism, Nature, and Environmental Change in Northern Wisconsin, 1880–1930 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W4xpAAAAMAAJ |publisher=] |degree=PhD |page=115 |id={{ProQuest|231652918}} |accessdate=2024-07-14 }} |
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* {{cite book |last=Westervelt |first=Amy |date=2012 |title=Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Great Destination |url=https://archive.org/details/michigansupperpe0000west/ |location=Woodstock, Vermont |publisher=] |pages=, |isbn=978-1-58157-138-7 |accessdate=2024-07-14 }} |
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