Pleasant Lake Bed & Breakfast Osceola, WI 1-800-294-2545 www.pleasantlake.com

Pleasant Lake Bed and Breakfast was built, in 1990, on this very quiet and peaceful lake. Although this house isn’t old it holds allot of history.

Richard’s great-great-grandfather was James R. Clewett. You may ask, “Who is James Clewett?” Mr. Clewett was born in England in 1810, came to America in 1829, lived in Canada for a couple of years and in 1831 was hired by the American Fur Trading Company as a clerk and a voyageur and was assigned to the Rocques’ Trading Post below Lake Pepin by Hercules Dousman. He was one of the few men, at the time, which could speak English and French and had a good math background. While working there, he also accompanied Joseph Nicollet on several mapping expeditions across western Minnesota. In a letter from Joseph Nicollet to Henry H. Sibley, Traverse des Sioux – June 15, 1838 he wrote, “I beg you to thank Mr. Rainville for the assistance he has given me through his son. I also take James Clewett with me. I think he will confirm the good opinion which you have of him. It is not too much to have at least one honest and intelligent man on whom you can depend.” Page 224 – Joseph N. Nicollet on the Plains and Prairies copyright 1976, 1993 by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Clewett’s marriage, in 1839, to Rose Ann Perry was the first in St. Paul, Minnesota and their daughter, Lady (Lydia) Ann Clewett was the first white girl born there. Rose’s father, Abraham Perry, was born in Switzerland in 1780 and came to Fort Snelling in 1827. Both Mr. Clewett and Mr. Perry were some of the earliest settlers at Fort Snelling and St. Paul, Minnesota.

Richard’s great-grandfather, Joseph Berg along with his mother and brother, settled the family farm, in 1855, having arrived here from Germany. Joseph's brother left the area because the land clearing was too much work. Years later rumor has it that he was killed after being thrown from a horse down south. Joseph was a farmer and a blacksmith. Richard’s mother’s family has been traced back to 1580 France, 1662 Quebec, Canada and 1830 Minnesota.

The Mann Valley area near River Falls, Wisconsin is named for Charlene’s great-grandparents.

So even though our house is new each room has its own piece of history. Some rooms have been handcrafted with old boards and timbers from the family farm and pine and birch logs from our woods but most of all it’s the peaceful lake setting.

While our guests, you may stroll leisurely along the lake shore or wooded paths, enjoy the lake in the canoe or paddleboat, sit around the crackling campfire with the stars reflecting on the moonlit lake, relax in your fireside whirlpool and let the songs of nature sing you to sleep.

Not much has changed here in the last 100 years except running water and indoor plumbing.

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