Lake Ivanhoe, Wisconsin — Black-founded Chicago vacation community

CTL-E-1306 · Institution · other · 1926–1969

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Black resort community on Ryan Lake, Wisconsin, established 1926 by three Black Chicago businessmen — Jeremiah Brumfield, Frank Anglin, and Bradford Watson — as a nearby, less-expensive alternative to Idlewild for Black Chicago families.

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from LIFE-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-LIFE-001:CTL-LIFE-E-042; source research type(s): institution.

Sources

The Madison Times, "Reclaiming the Road"

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