Next stop on the route was the picnic area known as Big Four. We've stopped here many times in the past as well, and I looked at it with new eyes now I know a little bit of the history of it. "Big Four
Picnic Area: The three-story inn was built in 1921, with 50 rooms and
five large gables. It had tennis courts, a 9-hole golf course, and an
artificial lake. "Babs' All-Girl Band" entertained visitors.
It was a popular destination for tourists arriving via railroad, and
was used as a rest and recuperation facility by the U.S. Coast Guard
in World War II. The sheer granite cliffs of Big Four Mountain arose
almost at the Inn's back door. From Monte Cristo a large number four
can be seen in ice on the peak, hence its name." Below is an old photo of the Inn |