In 1972,
Bud and Marcia Myers along with their three children Philip, Gwen, and Kathy
moved here into an old farmhouse on 34 acres. Bud had grown up on a farm
down the road about three miles from here. He and Marcia thought this would make
the perfect little place to raise a family, garden, and animals here in the
United States. They had just returned from the Philippine Islands on a
five year Lutheran Mission. The farmhouse had no running water, electricity, or
indoor plumbing. Bud and Marcia spent a couple of years starting their dream
remodeling job before returning to the Philippines for three more
years.
After
returning from overseas for good, years passed and things changed. More
years passed and even more things changed. The Myers household was always in
a state of remodeling. Bud and Marcia performed all their own construction.
As the children became older, sometimes they were of help. Various farm
animals came and went. We had everything from dogs, cats, chickens, pigs,
horses, cows, and rabbits.
Throughout the 1980's Bud & Marcia purchased additional land. Then in 1992,
Bud and Marcia decided they had missed the lifestyle of a revolving door
(Their house in the Philippines was always full of passerby's, from visiting
Missionaries and Peace Corps volunteers to the homeless, sick and injured.)
They decided to start a Bed & Breakfast. After a few more changes with Bud's
construction, Marcia's breakfasts, and daughter Gwen' s landscape designing,
they started the Bear Run Inn Bed & Breakfast.
The
Goldilocks cottage was added shortly after. The children were able to
acquire property adjoining Bud & Marcia's and eventually moving back on the
farm with their own children. Gwen and her husband Mike, built the
Bear's Den Cottage in the woods down
the road. In 1999, Bud, Marcia, Philip and his wife Tonya added the Red Oak
and Sugar Maple Cabins.
Since
then, we have added the Aspen and Redbud Cabins. We are currently restoring
an old farmhouse dating back to the middle 1800's for a guest
registration office and gift shop. We also have plans to start
restoring an early 1800's log home which we dismantled log by log,
from the Historical Zane Trail in Fairfield County. Our hope is to restore
this gem in the near future as a living history cabin.
We have
always maintained a desire to keep the green-space around us as natural as
possible. As we move further into the 21st century it will even
be more difficult, and we, the Myers Family, along with our helpful family
and friends, want you to feel at home and truly get the opportunity to
experience and appreciate nature as it was meant to be!
Sincerely,
The Myers
Family
