The Prestons
The lake home was part of the Preston family from the summer of 1955 until June, 2000. This is a recent view from the yard just north of the house.
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Our boat, in a photo taken in 1958. As I recall it had a 35 horse Evinrude motor. |
| In the winter of '58 my father Jack Preston launches a home-made kite. He also created a box kite. |  |
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Many friends came to visit nearly every summer Sunday afternoon. The Dungans are backing their boat towards the lake. | |
| Some of my friends test the ice in front of the house in late November, 1966. |  |
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I'm jamming on my new Gibson "335" guitar here in the summer of 1966 in the front yard of the lake house. | |
| My band could be easily heard across the lake when we played in the front yard. |  |
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A lake view from the back yard in 1966 which shows Dean's '65 Chevrolet convertible and my '65 Chevy Caprice. That is a propane gas tank to the right of the cars. | |
| A front-yard view of the lake and our newer boat in the fall of 1966. |  |
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This is a map of Independence Beach as it existed in the 1950s. Our place was at the northern end of Lakeshore Avenue. | |
| We had a last party. |  |
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The evening sun casts long shadows on the last party as it draws to an end. | |