This excerpt from Cohodas, Story of a Family (1977) by Wilbert H. Treloar highlights the rich history of Cohodas Lodge, It recounts the first gathering held there 90 years ago—a meeting of the Western Fruit Jobbers board—and the lodge’s evolution into a hub of hospitality under Sam’s leadership, hosting family, business leaders, and military officers.

With stories of Sam’s warmth, lavish events, and legendary pranks, this chapter celebrates the lodge’s enduring legacy as a symbol of northwoods hospitality.

Ironwood Daily Globe
June 22, 1935

ISHPEMING— Offices and members of the advisory board of the Western Fruit Jobbers association will hold their regular spring meeting this weekend at Sam M. Cohodas’ new lodge on Lake Michigamme, about two miles west of Champion.

Cohodas’ Log Lodge Offers U.P. History Tour

By DENNIS KNICKERBOCKER
Lansing State Journal
October 2, 1994

CHAMPION—With all its maples and moose, this part of the Upper Peninsula is a natural for early-fall color touring.

Thanks to Sam Cohodas, your imagination can also tour back to an era when a U.P. hunting camp was more than a buck pole and an ice chest full of Old Milwaukee.

Michigamme Lake Lodge, a bed and breakfast 30 miles west of Marquette on U.S. 41, is such a fine example of the grand old Adirondack style of log lodge that it’s listed on the national and state registers of historic places.