A Brief History of Lac du Flambeau by Ben Guthrie
In 1896, shortly after the mills opened, Mr. Herrick asked Ben Gauthier Sr. to build a boarding house for his lumber buyers and mill supply salesman. Starting with a fourroom house, then the largest in town, Mr. Gauthier built additions each of the next 16 years. This was the forerunner of today's tourist business in Lac du Flambeau.