Our Roots
1940s - 1960s
 During
the 1940's conferences, concerts and camps
continued. By 1948, the Monon Railroad moved the
section of the tracks that skirted the western shore
of Cedar Lake about a quarter of a mile west, which
left about a half of a mile of lakefront open to
purchase by the Cedar Lake Conference Association.
Soon enough this land was purchased from the
railroad for $15,000 with the help of a short-term
loan from the First National Bank of Crown Point.
Several loads of dirt were brought in and the
lakefront was re-landscaped. By about 1950, South
Gate Chapel was built and construction of the west
wing of Hotel Rest-A-While began. In 1958, Richard
Boldt became the new manager. |
