A little more than 170 years ago, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company bought 45,000 acres in the Pocono Mountains to protect its headwater rights to the Lehigh River. The development and transfiguration of the land began in 1938 when Robert V. White took over the presidency of the company. Mr. White realized the potential of beautiful mountain terrain naturally stocked with fish and game. Within 10 years of its opening in 1941, The Lodge was one of the East's finest year-round sports resorts.

With the demise of the coal industry, Lehigh Coal and Navigation lost much of it's interest in The Lodge, and it was sold to Treadway Inn in July of 1967. Treadway operated Split Rock until shortly after a devastating fire destroyed the major portion of The Lodge on Sunday, August 23, 1970. In 1971, a group of Split Rock cottage owners formed Pocono Recreation, Inc. and purchased the Split Rock property from Treadway in June of that year. Pocono Recreation, Inc. constructed 50 rooms at the Lodge and operated the property though out the 70's. On April 2, 1981, the stock was purchased by Jack and Barbara Kalins and merged it into their company, Vacation Charters, Ltd. Since that time, The Lodge turned into a resort and more than $35 million has been spent on new facilities to accommodate the growing number of guests.