DEERWOOD - It may be hard to believe today, but when Joseph Ruttger first settled on Bay Lake in the 1880s, he had no intention of operating a resort. As was common in the early 1900s, resorts evolved ...
The Ruttger family announced Thursday, Sept. 3, the sale of Ruttger’s Bay Lake Lodge, Minnesota’s oldest continually owned family resort. After owning the resort for more than 120 years, the Ruttger ...