WOODLOCK FAMILY HISTORY

Woodlock Family History
Submitted By: Leon Woodlock, grandson of Henrietta & Patrick.

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Woodlock Resort ~ North Side ~ 1930

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Woodlock Resort ~ South Side ~ 1930

Ad in book: WHERE TO GO IN THE OZARKS (1931) ~ Woodlock's, Crawford, Co., Mo. - Located on Huzzah Creek, 20 miles southeast of Steelville. P.O., Davisville. Take State Highway 19, to Davisville. Hotel with electric lights, showers, baths, indoor toilets. Rates (American) $3.00 per day, $15.00 per week. Children under 10, half price. Cottages may be had equipped for cooking, or meals may be taken in the hotel. Cottages: one room $1.00 per day, two rooms $1.50 per day, three rooms, $2.00 per day or $10.00 per week. Camp grounds free. Back in the hills away from town or railroad. Hunting, fishing, tennis, bathing, dancing, horseback riding. Good fall hunting frounds. In center of wild turkey region. Plenty of quail, squirrel & rabbits. This is a pioneer resort of the Ozarks. Open all year.

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WOODLOCK MILL: The 28' diameter overshot water wheel across the valley from the cemetery. Newton Davis (left) helper of Patrick Woodlock the miller (right) This picture was made by the Missouri Historical Society & was used in the World's Fair in St. Louis 1904.

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Woodlock's Holiday House. From Postcard: "A country home for paying guests. 110 miles from St. Louis. No. 66 Highway to Cuba, No. 19 to Cherryville, turn left 7 miles. BATHS, good beds, GOOD 'eats' - Rates $2.50 per day, $15.00 per week. Also cabins, with meals at hotel $2.00 per day, 12.50 per week. Housekeeping cabins, 50 cents per person. "

The Lodge was built by Eugene Woodlock in 1938. REA Electricity did not get to this area until 1948. This water wheel powered a long shaft in side the metal building which drove a D.C. generator furnishing electricity for the Lodge. Also, woodworking tools - saw, band saw, planer, drills, etc.