Vollie Fox, Hemingway's fishing buddy, lived in this building next door to Horton Bay General Store. Young Ernie would stay at the inn, which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fox's family still owns it and operates it as a shop with Hemingway books, memorabilia and souvenirs. It's open very erratically.
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