Settle's Cabin on Lake Ida

Settle's cabin has been there since the 1920's, a great era for Alexandria fishing, when people from states south of Minnesota (Missouri in this case) built fishing cabins for the summer. Air-conditioning hadn't been invented, and the mom and kids could get out of the sweltering heat farther south for a beautiful Minnesota summer. These places stayed cold and empty all winter, and the elements really took a toll. It's 14 feet from the lake, and the frost heaves during the winter ice expansion have also changed the slope of the floor on the screen porch. Lake Ida's lake level was raised sometime in the 1970's with the addition of a dam at the creek down on the south end, so erosion was also a threat.
Now Settle's cabin has been sold, and soon torn down, to be replaced with a house. It will be interesting to see what goes up, and to watch the progress. In the center of the photo in the distance is Pilgrim's Point. I wonder when the ice will be out. It will be so nice to see the blue water again!