{"id":74,"date":"2018-01-09T03:07:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T03:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:26:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:26:49","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/?page_id=74","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hickory Lake Campground is situated on 10 beautiful acres of wooded, gently rolling lakeshore on Hickory Lake, just south of Aitkin, Minnesota and just north of the majestic Mille Lacs Lake. A family destination for more than 40 years, Today, Hickory Lake Campground is an ownership cooperative, bringing together individuals and families to share this beautiful property.<\/p>\n<p>Hickory Lake Campground was founded in 1968 as Big K Resort and Campground by the Kleven family, hence the big K in our logo! It has operated continuously as a campground and RV resort since its founding.<\/p>\n<p>If you have old photos please send them in, we would love to put them on the site!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Old Aerial Photos<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-74 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1939edit-1024x1022.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-138'>\n\t\t\t\t1939\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1975-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-139'>\n\t\t\t\t1975\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Old Campground Photos<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-74 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img010-scaled.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img011-scaled.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img012-scaled.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img032-scaled.jpg' target=\"_blank\" class=\"set-target\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/hlcca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/img032-150x150.jpg\" 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A family destination for more than 40 years, Today, Hickory Lake Campground is an ownership cooperative, bringing together individuals and families to share this beautiful property. 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