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Trout Run is a property in the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont, Maryland, that was visited on several occasions by Presidents Herbert Hoover, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. Originally called Catoctin Lodge, it is located about away from the presidential retreat at Camp David and was established by one of Hoover's senior aides. It subsequently became the property of the family of a senior State Department official, who owned it for nearly 70 years, before it was acquired in 2013 by an arm of the Church of Scientology. It became the focus of controversy in 2015 when the controversial Narconon drug rehabilitation program, an offshoot of Scientology, sought to turn it into a facility for treating drug addicts despite considerable local opposition. ==History== The site was originally owned by Lancelot Jacques, who invited President Herbert Hoover to fish in Little Hunting Creek in the 1920s.〔 Jacques sold around of the property in 1929 to Lawrence Richey, one of the two Secretaries to the President under Herbert Hoover (1929–1933). He constructed a main lodge, which he named Richey Lodge, and several cabins, one of which was later named after Hoover. The president visited several times to enjoy the trout fishing, which was said to be some of the best in the state. Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower also visited,〔 although none of the three presidents stayed there. Of the original property, were purchased in 1945 by Washington, D.C., Cadillac dealer Floyd Akers, who had previously leased it from Richey.〔 Under Akers' ownership, several more stone cabins were built along with a stone pathway and ramps.〔 He hosted a variety of celebrities, including Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis and James Cagney.〔 It subsequently passed to his daughter Tomajean and her husband, the former high-ranking official Howard Haugerud. They owned the property for around 60 years; Howard Haugerud used it for nine years as the headquarters of the U.S. military newspaper ''Stars and Stripes'', which he owned. However, plans to develop it fell through because the rocky terrain of the property made it impossible to install the extra septic systems needed. Haugerud sought to sell the property for $20 million in 2003, putting it up for auction after failing to sell it through conventional channels.〔 According to the property's caretaker for 30 years, Louise Barry, Haugerud exaggerated the property's historic importance in order to boost its sale value. A wooden bridge across the creek that bears a sign saying "FDR Bridge" was in fact built in the 1980s, while the ramps were built not for Roosevelt's wheelchair but for golf carts, years after the president's death.〔 Haugerud decided to withdraw it from sale half an hour after the bidding was due to start〔 and his realtors announced that he was considering whether to contest the 2004 United States Presidential Election as an independent: "If elected, he has promised to supply his own Camp David in the form of Trout Run at no expense to the government, thus insuring the savings of millions of dollars for the stressed out tax payers." In 2004, Trout Run was used by the NBC television series ''The West Wing'' as a stand-in for Camp David. The latter is only about away, but has inferior trout fishing.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trout Run (retreat)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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