William Baumgarten built Baumgarten Resort. Bill's first house was located next to Riverview School where his first wife May taught school. Bill guided out of various resorts. His name appears on many of Clement's Resort musky charts. According to legend Bill used an old horse named Nellie to make the road, clear the resort, clear the beach, and dredge the boat slip (which is still there and was used by the webmaster in 2002.

John McGilligan purchased the resort in 1970. John and Ruth owned and operated the resort from 1970 until 1976 when he sold it to the Walt and Dianna Robb family. Walt and his family, Dianna, Andy, and Donald, ran the resort from 1976 until he sold the lease to the resort to the DNR in 1992 ish?

Some notable people that stayed at the resort were Wisconsin governor Warren Knowles and George Pazik the editor of Fishing Facts magazine.

Some notable events:
• Bill Baumgarten and Denny Johnstone from Dun Rovin Lodge saved one fisherman from drowning on a cold fall day. One man died.
  
  
• During 1970-73 Us Air Force B-52 Bombers would fly at treetop level right over the resort. They were testing low-level radar flights. Really something for a 10 year old kid!
  
  
• Cougars, or some kind of very large cats, were seen at the resort
  
  
• A guest at the resort was stung by 89 wasps, another guest who was an FBI agent drove the young man into Hayward at times reaching speeds over 100 mph. They arrived just in time to save the young mans life.
  
  
• A tornado hits the resort. In the late 1980's. The tornado hit just west of the fish house.
  
  

That's all the information I have for now. We would love some stories and photos from guests. How about it families who stayed at Baumgarten's? The Niles. Bobby and Henry you out there somewhere? The Lecos family? (The Webmaster went to the Hayward drive in with the Lecos family/girls and saw the movie The Good the Bad and the Ugly). Julius and Dugan's families? Julius and Dugan used to fish a special way and landed some pigs! Buy the Webmaster beer some time and he will tell you their secret. One night they supposedly had a fish on so large that they had to tie the line on the oarlock because they got tired. They were in there 80s to 90s at the time. The Jim Bainbridge's family? (Jim used to fly into the resort using the airstrip next-door).

-T. Gavigan