Nemacolin Woodlands Resort
| Nemacolin Woodlands Resort | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Farmington, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 39°48′17″N 79°33′05″W / 39.8047°N 79.5515°WCoordinates: 39°48′17″N 79°33′05″W / 39.8047°N 79.5515°W |
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| Number of rooms | 320 |
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| http://www.nemacolin.com | |
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort is a four seasons resort in Farmington, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The resort is owned by Maggie Hardy Magerko, president of the 84 Lumber Company, and was founded by her father, Joseph Hardy.
The resort is named after Chief Nemacolin, a native Delaware Indian who in 1740 trailblazed a route through the rugged Laurel Highlands mountains between what is now Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania industrialist Willard Rockwell established a private game reserve on what is now Nemacolin Woodlands and named this property Nemacolin Trails Hunting Reserve in 1968. The Rockwells invited friends and business associates to hunt and fish on the hundreds of acres populated by silver fox, bear, and Russian white-tailed deer. A hunting lodge was constructed along with a golf course and airstrip. Lakes Louise (named after the wife of Mr. Rockwell's youngest son) and Carol (named after the wife of Mr. Rockwell's second son) were also added and Beaver Creek was developed and stocked into a trout fishing stream.
In 1979, the property was sold to Cordelia Scaife May, but was returned three years later to the Rockwell family when Kent Rockwell repurchased the property and opened it to the public. Joseph Hardy III, founder of the 84 Lumber Company, bought Nemacolin at an auction he attended in 1987 in the hopes of purchasing a few acres of woodlands near a lake or stream for his daughter, Maggie, who loved fishing.
As Hardy recounts, "I left the auction without that piece of property for fishing because I bought the main parcel and was out of money." Hardy and his daughter, Maggie, promptly set about transforming the property into its present state – a 2,000 acre (8 km²) world-class resort, rated Four Diamonds by the American Automobile Association (AAA). In 2002, Hardy transferred full ownership of the resort to his daughter, Maggie Hardy Magerko, who still serves as President and Owner.
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