In 1894, Packard bought the old Lake House at the mouth of Big Wilson Stream, and nine years later Bill Earley bought the Willimantic Hotel, which was on the same stream not far above the lake.  The hotel was the Willimantic Linen Company mill’s boarding house, which opened by 1883. During its first 20 years, it had six different proprietors. John F. Ham ran the hotel through 1886 when he sold to F. Harmon. Mrs. O.C. Wood bought the establishment in 1896 and sold to W.E. Howard in 1899. A.T. Kincaid began to run the operation in 1901; J.E. Perham replaced him the following year.  Then, in 1903, about the time the mill closed, William (“Bill”) L. Earley, bought the hotel and the accompanying farm. Like his neighbor Burton Marlborough Packard, Earley, who was born in 1880 in Somerville, Massachusetts and moved to Willimantic by 1900, was a clerk in the community’s general store, which he owned at the time of his purchase. He soon married Iva M. Bennett of Guilford, and they and their seven children ran what became known as Earley’s Camps and the accompanying farm until they closed 50 years later. In 1965 the camps were sold to Herman Bayerdorffer (current owner). The camps are still open as Two Falls Camp.