Waitoma Grotto - Holly, MI - Collecting Tiki

UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2459	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 6:06 PM On 2009-03-29 08:04, bigbrotiki wrote: "Fred Barton was sort of a local Don The Beachcomber, as his daughter said an idea man, a doer who grew tired of a thing once it was finished and needed new challenges, it seems. Also, he burned himself out, if he died in 1975 -or he was already an old timer by then." Fred Barton. 1907-1975. Puts him at only 68 when he passed away and 53 in 1960 when the resort was built. I'm still trying to track down a copy of the 20's topo map myself. Strange how the owner chose to build his Hawaiian resort so near Lake Mauna Loa and then built Lake Oahu. Maybe the exotic name of lake Mauna loa inspired his travels to Polynesia and the South pacific if it did indeed exist much earlier than 1961.

On 2009-03-29 08:04, bigbrotiki wrote:
"Fred Barton was sort of a local Don The Beachcomber, as his daughter said an idea man, a doer who grew tired of a thing once it was finished and needed new challenges, it seems. Also, he burned himself out, if he died in 1975 -or he was already an old timer by then."

Fred Barton. 1907-1975. Puts him at only 68 when he passed away and 53 in 1960 when the resort was built. I'm still trying to track down a copy of the 20's topo map myself. Strange how the owner chose to build his Hawaiian resort so near Lake Mauna Loa and then built Lake Oahu. Maybe the exotic name of lake Mauna loa inspired his travels to Polynesia and the South pacific if it did indeed exist much earlier than 1961.

Post #444217 by uncle trav on Wed, Apr 1, 2009 6:06 PM