A Lunch Stop With A Story
49 FALL 2022 VOL . 04 / ISSUE 01
SNOWGOER . COM 50 played and cigarette smoke curled toward the ceiling , Army Lieutenant Coleman Peterson walked in the door , pointed his 9mm pistol at Chenoweth and pulled the trigger , firing six shots at point-blank range . Seeking revenge , Lt . Peterson suspected that Chenoweth had beaten and raped his wife .
The story and its ensuing trial captured the nation ’ s attention and was the first murder case won using the temporary insanity defense . It became the subject of the popular 1959 film , “ Anatomy of a Murder ” starring Jimmy Stewart , Lee Remick , George C . Scott , Kathryn Grant and Duke Ellington . Local residents
After departing Big Bay for L ’ Anse , Trail 14 runs through the heart of the Hurons . where we had to stop and take some pictures .
A Lunch Stop With A Story
Here laid Mike Chenoweth , one-time owner of the Lumberjack Tavern .
After marveling at the frozen-intime falls and towering icicles overhead , we motored into Big Bay — the only services we ’ d encounter for the next several hours . A carnivore ’ s lunch of burgers was found inside the weathered Lumberjack Tavern . With creaky , worn hardwood floors , decorative tin ceilings and a massive antique chainsaw hanging from the ceiling , the Lumberjack is immediately welcoming to riders , but there ’ s much more to the story .
In the early morning of July 31 , 1952 , owner Mike Chenoweth was standing behind the bar of his tavern . As the music