Tokeland, Washington
TOKELAND THE TOWN
http://www.visit.willapabay.org
Tokeland, Washington is on the low point of the penensula on the north side of the Willapa Bay. Which is not that far from the Pacific Costal range. The town was named from a chief of the Chinook trib. He had used it for a summer home for his family and himself. They lived there until the weather had changed and they needed a move to place to get away from the bad weather to stay warm.
Tokeland is also listed in the Cranberry Chamber of Commerce or other wise known Washington Cranberry Coast. Some of you may ask why? Well, they grow and harvest cranberries from that area.
http://www.cranberrycoastcoc.com
Tokeland, had started out as a lumber town like many other small towsn that were on the Comlimbia River of any other water. became a lumber town in the around the 1840's. Like many other small towns have around that era. At that time. Although, over the years it stayed pretty much a small community. There is a casino, rv parks, and campgrounds.
I was trying to do a little more research on the history of Tokeland. I had to call the Pacific Historical Society today. The reason is that found some information that was incorrect ont the internet. It said that the Tokeland Hotel was move by 2 gentlemen. Well, do not be alarm it was another hotel that they moved. So, I want to thank the Pacific Historical Society.
JEFF DAVIS
The seminar with Jeff Davis was amazing.It is something that I would not want to miss everytime that there is a lecture with Mr. Davis. A person mught ask who is Jeff Davis? Jeff Davis is a reluctant solider in the National guard, anthropologist, and writter. He just does not write about it he goes to the lacation(s). Some of the tiles of his books are as follows; Ghosts, Critters & Sacred Places of Washington and oregon, Ghosts, Critters, & Sacred Places of Washington and Oregon part 2, and there are more Some of the things that he talked about is Jack the Ripper, the first ghost club that formed in 1860, Gravity Hill, Equator,The Stone Headge that is located in the Columbia George, Oregon Vortex among other places.All which have some paranormal or folk lore history that these places have.
Mr Davis, got got into the paranormal field by curiosity and that is what excits him. Like most of us that is the same reason that paranormal groups get invvolved into the paranormal. If we did not have curiosity then we would not be doing what we love to do. Some of you migth ask, “well how does he know”? “ Has he been on investigations”? The answer is that yes he has been on a few. He does stories from paranormal to folklore stories. He is very thourghal in his work.
If you are looking for a great place to go weather it has to do with the paranormal or you just need a get away. This place is the place. It is beautiful. I am glad that I can have a part in knowing the history of this beautiful hotel.
If you would like more on Jefff Davis you can go to this link: http://www.ghostsandcritters.com
Jeff you were awesome. Hope to see you again soon. Jeff, keep it up!
TOKELAND HOTEL
Tokeland Hotel is located in Tokeland, Washington. Which is located on the north end of the Williapa Bay. It is a short distance from the Pacific Ocean.
As James and I arrived it was so breath taking. It was quiet, sereene, and just so inviting. We are planning to go back there again. If you are a romantic that is a great place to go.
The hotel's 18 guest rooms are living museums, furnished with late 19th-century antiques. You won't find tvs or telephones here. The four bathrooms are all shared. Some rooms offer views of pretty Willapa Bay. Other rooms overlook the parking lot or glimpses of the Pacific Ocean. Some of the area's best clamming is right outside the front door. The Tokelanad Hotel is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is like I took a step back in time. Although the building has been around for many years, it was closed for a long period of time. The out come is that atomospher of the building is reminiscent of what it used to be awesome. It is great to see a part of history restored. As to many that are let go and never taken care of and is lost through time.. This is the part that really make me unhappy. We need more people to take controll and reserve our history. The cost was around $100,000.00 to get the historical hotel up and running.
Tokeland, has a room that has a fire place, games and books that you can read and relax, a resturant, and the rooms are cozy. Although, the bathrooms you have to share the with other guest . They are very clean and just amazing. The floor where the rooms are has 4. The rooms are small but cozy. It it like a home away from home.
I am going to tell you a little about the Tokeland hotel. So here we it is.
The farn house was built in 1885 by a man named William Kinded with daughter. They started the homestead. Then in 1889 it became the Kinded Inn. It had became the beach resorrt reputation. As the two steamers, the Steamer and the Reliable were coming to shore..Mr. Kindred met the steamers with drawn tally's. It was a rettreat the was loved my many, even to this day.
The hotel started out as a family farm house. It was first built in 1885. The home was of William Kindred and his daughter Elizabeth Brown. They opened there farm house in 1889 and used the home as a inn. The name of the inn was the Kindred Inn. They tried everything during the depression to keep it up and running. But, all tires had failed.
As for the cemetery that was there on the property. It was lost due to Case Creek flooded as the Cedar River over flowed it. Which caused it to wash out the cemetery to wash out. There were only n2 head stone that were left. It is believed that there might be part of the cemetery there and noone reallfy knowd about it. They did find 2 head stones that had the names of :
MORRIS LEONIDE BROWN ALBERT
4-18-1949 TO 4-18-1872 4-1-1856 TO 5-11-1866
If anyone has more information on this please let me know. Below is the link that I found that information on the cemetery.
If you would like more information on the history you can go to: http://www.tokelandhotel.com
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