Herkimer county historical society
50th Anniversary of Conservation
Old Forge July 20-21, 1935
The “Pageant of the Lakes” along the Fulton Chain, July 22, 1935
By sue perkins
In our collection are a series of photographs taken of a flotilla of boats. One photograph had Hollywood Hills on the side of the boat. This led me to research about Hollywood Hills Hotel on www. fultonhistory.com. It was there I found out about Joseph W. Young (1882-1934) who was a land developer who developed Hollywood, Florida, and wanted to develop Hollywood Hills at First Lake in Old Forge. The Rome Sentinel July 28, 1928, reported that Young purchased a tract of land of 17,000 acres. A road was being built from Old Forge to First Lake. He planned to build a fine hotel on First Lake of the Fulton Chain. When that was completed, the buses would bring guests and prospective investors from a distance who stayed several days and looked over the whole development. There was a large ad in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Sunday, July 20, 1930, that showed Young was conducting 3-day Friendship Tours to promote Hollywood Hills. There were 40 miles of lake frontage with about to forty to fifty camps already built and occupied. On July 1, 1933, the Casino opened a quarter mile down the lake from the Hollywood Hills Motor Lodge. The Casino was built of logs, and measured eighty-five by ninety feet and boasted of one hundred and four French doors which opened on all sides. The roof was made of canvas and could be rolled back so the guests could see the evening stars. There was parking for 1,000 cars. There was a beach and a bathhouse. January 24, 1933, it was reported that work started on the excavation of the new Hollywood Hills Hotel on First Lake. The structure was 320 feet long, two and three stories high. The hotel had an octagonal lobby, 100 feet across with an 11 feet square four-sided fireplace in the center, a
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Lake flotilla, Hollywood Hills, Old Forge
Lake flotilla guides lead the way from Old Forge to Inlet
