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In 1890, Joseph Hagreen and H. E. Potter started working together to make preparation for the accommodations of summer resorters at their fruit farms. Mr. Potter’s large house had been furnished for sleeping apartments and Mr. Hagreen’s table provided sumptuous meals. A dock was built for a ferry landing.

In February 1894, the Hagreen farm house caught fire and burned, so they moved into one of the houses on the Potter farm. In 1897, the Hagreens left the farm and moved to a house in town. Mrs. Hagreen died in August 1898 and Joseph Hagreen died in July 1900. In 1903, Howard E. Potter built a couple of cottages for the summer resorters. He continued operating Bonne Vista until his death in May 1930.


Bonne Vista Resort
Bonne Vista Resort

Bonne Vista Resort
Bonne Vista Resort


Bonne Vista Resort 1930s Post Card

1930s Bonne Vista Brochure
 

After her husband’s death, Ella Robinson Potter continued to operate the resort with the aid of her son Arthur, until his death in 1938. Then she and her daughter-in-law Eva continued. Ella Potter died in 1939. In 1941, daughter-in-law Eve Potter married Fred Peterson and together they continued the operation of Bonne Vista.

Bonne Vista had 8 guest rooms and 3 housekeeping apartment and they served meals. In 1961, Potter’s Putters, a mini golf course was added. Mrs. Eva Peterson died in 1983. Her son Robert and his wife Jean continued the family tradition and ran the resort until Robert’s death in 1998. His wife Jean remained at Bonne Vista where she enjoyed crocheting and spending time with her family until her death in 2009.

 

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