Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 7, 2018 3:37:29 GMT
Little Bohemia Lodge, Manotowish Waters, Wisconsin
"One of the neatest things about Little Bo are the bullet holes to the right of the big dining area.”
“As a bonus, you get to see the place where John Dillinger slipped away from the FBI--it was featured in the movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp.”
Site of John Dillinger and the Dillinger Gang's epic shootout with the F.B.I., the Lodge is also the modern day filming location for the Universal Studios film starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, PUBLIC ENEMIES.
Known for great food and drink since the 1920's! Step back in history at the Lodge, and remember...DILLINGER ONLY LEFT BECAUSE HE HAD TO!!!
In 1934, at the Little Bohemia Lodge on Little Star Lake, the FBI and Dillinger Gang were involved in a shootout, which resulted in the accidental shooting death of one local Civilian Conservation Corps worker and severely injuring two other workers by federal agents who mistook them for members of the gang. Agent W. Carter Baum was also shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson in a brief gunfight a short distance away, which resulted in another special agent and a local constable being wounded. All six members of the gang escaped the incident unharmed.
The lodge, then owned by Emil Wanatka, remains in existence as a restaurant today without lodging. Bullet holes in the building's siding and windows from the shootout are still visible. Personal items left behind by the hasty departure of the Dillinger Gang members have been preserved and are on display. In the summer of 2008, the Little Bohemia Lodge was used in the filming of a re-creation of these events in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, a movie about Dillinger and the FBI starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.
"One of the neatest things about Little Bo are the bullet holes to the right of the big dining area.”
“As a bonus, you get to see the place where John Dillinger slipped away from the FBI--it was featured in the movie Public Enemies with Johnny Depp.”
Site of John Dillinger and the Dillinger Gang's epic shootout with the F.B.I., the Lodge is also the modern day filming location for the Universal Studios film starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger, PUBLIC ENEMIES.
Known for great food and drink since the 1920's! Step back in history at the Lodge, and remember...DILLINGER ONLY LEFT BECAUSE HE HAD TO!!!
In 1934, at the Little Bohemia Lodge on Little Star Lake, the FBI and Dillinger Gang were involved in a shootout, which resulted in the accidental shooting death of one local Civilian Conservation Corps worker and severely injuring two other workers by federal agents who mistook them for members of the gang. Agent W. Carter Baum was also shot and killed by Baby Face Nelson in a brief gunfight a short distance away, which resulted in another special agent and a local constable being wounded. All six members of the gang escaped the incident unharmed.
The lodge, then owned by Emil Wanatka, remains in existence as a restaurant today without lodging. Bullet holes in the building's siding and windows from the shootout are still visible. Personal items left behind by the hasty departure of the Dillinger Gang members have been preserved and are on display. In the summer of 2008, the Little Bohemia Lodge was used in the filming of a re-creation of these events in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies, a movie about Dillinger and the FBI starring Johnny Depp as John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis.