Jackie Gleason learned how to play golf at Shawnee in 1959

“Out with the old and in with the older.”

Shawnee’s Centenary motto

On Pennsylvania’s Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort’s spacious and secluded grounds guard bees congregate on the porch of the hives providing ventilation for the life of the queen. Six varieties of tomatoes, white eggplant, Chinese five-color peppers and multi-colored chard thrive in the middle of one of America’s oldest award-winning golf courses. Micro-beers are being bottled by a former electronics engineer of advanced defense weapons. Goat cheese is delivered fresh from a local farm. The mist on the Delaware River swirls through the tree-covered Pocono Mountains, and Frank Sinatra’s voice croons softly through the 100 year old lobby. This is the 21st Century?

Read more at Suite101: Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort: Preserving the Best for a Century 

The River Sanctuary

Shawnee Inn (1911)

guard bees in the Apiary - they're providing cooling ventilation for the Queen

Chinese 5-color pepper at the Shawnee Farm

The Verandah at Shawnee Inn

The Inn in the evening