By Charlie at Pasty Central (Chopper) on Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 09:10 am:
On Friday's Pasty Cam we featured a picture taken at Jacob's Creek, which stirred some conversation and memories. Some folks recalled the 10 unit motel that used to be across the road there, built by John Bausano and family in 1955. During a wet spring in 1971, the business suddenly ceased when a beaver dam broke above Jacobs Falls, sending down a wall of water that knocked the motel right off its foundations. John Titlow sent us the black and white photo, to follow up Friday's discussion
This was taken in the Spring 1971, after the beaver dam broke. The volume of water destroyed the motel across the street and a good portion of M-26 downstream from the motel. As I recall the motel owners had not returned to the Copper Country, the motel was empty.
The view is taken looking back at the falls, that is the hole in the trees directly across from the motel. I was standing down hill of the M-26 road level. M-26 ran between the motel and the falls.
There is no M-26 in this shot because M-26 is all washed out. M-26 is to the left of the photo and in front of the motel. The view of the motel is the rear. The destruction was about 1/4 of a mile downstream from the falls.
The color pictures are from Victor & Patricia Hillebrand, taken later in the summer when the Bausano's were checking out the damage. In an article in the current "Superior Signal" newsletter, Paul LaVanway reports that the Bausanos chose not to rebuild the motel, but instead devoted their attention to their other business, the Great Northern Mineral Supply Company. Their son Tony eventually bought the business, which today is: 
