Land Between The Lakes FSR 120 To Site of Hotel California

HISTORY OF THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA TRAIL AND STRUCTURE
While I am not exactly sure how its name was established, the structure was never a hotel. It was a house. The house once belonged to a man named Grover Marler. Mr. Marler build the house as a retirement home for him and his wife. Mr. Marler was a riverboat caption. When Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) purchased the land in the 1960s, Marler and his wife were no longer residents. It isn’t certain if the Marlers’ had voluntarily sold out or forced to leave like many others during the first TVA takeover of the land. At one time the home had a scenic view of Lake Barkley. See what the home looked like in the image below (Credit: Heritage Program).