Celebrating 100 Years of Lakeside Hospitality

Purity Spring Resort is celebrating its 100 year anniversary in 2011. Owned and operated by the Hoyt Family of East Madison since the late 1800's original founder Edward E. Hoyt first operated The Hoyt Natural Mineral Spring Water Company shipping bottled "Purity Spring Water" to Boston and New York City. A decade later, Hoyt had already begun to invite guests to his lakeside country inn before deciding in 1911 to devote more of his time to his lodging guests. Read more...

Centennial events, activities and mementos

The centennial anniversary will mark 100 years of family traditions with ongoing activities around the resort, contests, vintage photo opportunities, stories and photos from prior guests.

In addition to a centennial weekend celebration June 3-5, 2011 and a possible music fair in late August, Purity Spring is also putting last minute touches on the following ideas:

Please check back often as this list will be updated!

• Historic walking and kayak tours
• Historic photo slide shows
• Museums throughout the resort
• Photo memories from guests displayed on walls of Traditions Restaurant
• Trivia scavenger hunts
• Letterboxing
• Weekly birthday celebration at Thursday night cookout
• Coffee table books around the resort to share memories
• Weekly storytelling
• Old fashioned lawn games
• Pie eating contests
• Sack races
• Three-legged races
• Local parades
• Collectable pewter ornaments
• 18-month Purity photo calendar - All guests receive a free calendar at check in
• 100 year celebration t-shirt
• Engraved pavers

The above list will be finalized soon.

Polar Express Centennial Promotion

One of the many promotions in honor of the anniversary will entail a grand prize offering a two-night, first class Polar Express package for a family of four! All guests staying at the resort for three or more nights from May 1 - October 16, 2011 will be entered into the drawing!

For additional promotion details, PLUS an "insider" secret on 4 additional giveaways, click here.