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‘PEOPLE DON’T STUMBLE UPON US’ Kishauwau cabins offer wooded seclusion, sense of peacefulness Story by Mike Murphy, Photos by Tom Sistak and provided by Kishauwau Starved Rock Area Cabins
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he trend, as Terisa King sees it, has vacationers moving to single-occupancy destinations. “People look to rent homes rather than hotels. It’s nothing I see slowing down,” says the co-owner of Kishauwau Starved Rock Area Cabins, east of Tonica. “I’m not going to complain about being busy.” Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the compound of 17 cabins saw some weekends with record attendance in 2020, and has had good numbers this spring. The cabins are spread out over 20 acres and place a premium on privacy. “There’s enough space between the cabins that it’s always quiet,” says Arlene Brennan, a Kishauwau regular since 1992, when the resort only had four cabins. Originally a Boy Scouts camp, Kishauwau was purchased in 1986 by owners that included the late Ben and Ellen King, father and stepmother of Jamie King, Terisa’s husband and now co-owner of the 65-acre resort. “We’re a little far away so people don’t stumble upon us,” Terisa King says. Jamie and Terisa run the place along with other family members. The Kings built most of Kishauwau’s cabins at the year-round resort. Starved Rock Country • Summer 2021 | 37
