Known as the "Father of Lake Winola", Civil War veteran Clark Frear more than anyone, put Lake Winola on the map as a summer resort for the Scranton-Wilkes Barre region, building a large hotel at the lake in 1885 and promoting it with the "Legend of Princess Winola", a romantic tale of unrequited love which ended when an Indian 'Princess', forbidden by her father Chief Capouse from marrying a white man, leaping to her death into the lake from a rocky ledge - rather conveniently located where Clark would build his hotel.
Known as the "Father of Lake Winola", Civil War veteran Clark Frear more than anyone, put Lake Winola on the map as a summer resort for the Scranton-Wilkes Barre region, building a large hotel at the lake in 1885 and promoting it with the "Legend of Princess Winola", a romantic tale of unrequited love which ended when an Indian 'Princess', forbidden by her father Chief Capouse from marrying a white man, leaping to her death into the lake from a rocky ledge - rather conveniently located where Clark would build his hotel.
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Clark E Frear, 1846-1924
Co H, 16th New York Heavy Art'y
Father of Lake Winola
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