Corrections to the history of the Norridgewock II
Hunters at the Norridgewock II, date unknown. Standing in the middle of the back row are hotel owners Walter and Gladys Thompson and Jennie and Clinton Thompson. Courtesy Lewis County Historical Society One of the things that makes doing historical research especially interesting to me is the ever-present possibility of discovering errors in the existing record. Correcting such errors by publishing the results of my new research is quite satisfying. This is true even if I was the one who made the previous error. Readers of this blog know that the Norridgewock Hotel has played a major role in the saga of the Beaver River Country. I have devoted no less than five articles on this blog to the history of that hotel. It was built in 1899, burned down in 1914, revived in a renovated stable in 1915, closed in 1964, reopened in a new location in 1965, burned down again in 1974, rebuilt the same year and remains open today. The facts set forth in my previous articles were all correct, with one