According to an 1880s article in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, Fairyland Island got its name from the Ohio family who bought the land in 1873 and brought their invalid daughter to the island hoping for a cure. Peter Hayden was a rich horse collar manufacturer from Columbus, Ohio, who bought the island as a summer home for his wife and children. The family eventually built three large residences on the island including circa-1904 Estrellita, which means “little star” in Spanish. Stories conflict on whether the daughter ever recovered, but the Fairyland name and Estrellita live on today.