Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Tun farkon 1842 wani masauki ya kasance a saman dutsen da ke kusa da hanyar Claremont, inda Southam Park na yanzu yake. A shekara ta 1850 an gina ginin dutse mai hawa huɗu a wurin kuma an kira shi Mountain View Hotel. Ya sadu da bukatun waɗanda ke tafiya a Caledonia Road, (Upper James Street). Manoma da ke tafiya daga garuruwan da ke kudu da Hamilton sun huta dawakansu a nan a kan hanyar zuwa da dawowa daga Kasuwar Manoma ta Hamilton. Yana ba masu ziyara damar ganin birnin da ke ƙasa da kuma tafkin Ontario da ke bayansa. Otal din ya zama wurin kallo ga Bataliya ta 13 a lokacin barazanar Fenian
a shekara ta 1866. Ginin ya lalace da wuta a 1878 kuma an maye gurbinsa da sabon gini mai hawa biyar wanda ya haɗa da hasumiyar kallo mai zurfi a ƙarshen gabashinsa a 1881. A cikin 1890 an ƙara pavilion da ya dace da wasan motsa jiki da rawa don jawo hankalin dangi da abubuwan da aka shirya. An inganta samun dama tare da layin dogo na Incline kai tsaye zuwa arewa. Lokacin da aka soke lasisin giya na ma'aikata a cikin 1916 an sayar da dukiyar. Daga nan ya zama gida ga Hamilton Hunt Club. An rushe ginin a 1937 kuma an ba da filayen zuwa Birnin Hamilton don amfani da shi a matsayin wurin shakatawa a 1943.