The Wopsononock Hotel first opened in early July of 1889 while the Wopsy Railroad didn’t first run from Juniata to Wopsy until June 11, 1891. The hotel featured 60 well-furnished, comfortable rooms. In 1903, there was a forest fire and it took out almost everything of the resort. The resort was under-insured and could not be rebuilt. The leftover wood was then brought down to help build some parts of a new park north of Altoona, Ivyside Park, now home to Penn State Altoona. Neighboring about 1.75 miles away was a lookout on Wopsy that rose 2,600 feet above sea level, sat 40 feet tall and 1,400 feet above the city. This photo appeared in Yesteryear several weeks ago but it is being reprinted due to some factual errors pointed out by local historian, Elaine Conrad, who researched Wopsy history for nearly 50 years.