Olympic Hot Springs / Teresa Schoeffel-Lingvall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schoeffel-Lingvall, Teresa., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hot springs--Washington (State)--Cllalam County--Pictorial works.

Hot springs.

Clallum County (Wash.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Clallum County (Wash.).

Olympic Hot Springs (Resort)--History--Pictorial works.

Olympic Hot Springs (Resort).

Olympic Hot Springs (Resort)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Olympic National Park (Wash.)--History--Pictorial works.

Olympic National Park (Wash.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

The Olympic Hot Springs served as a destination resort in the Olympic Mountains near Port Angeles, Washington, for 60 years. Andrew Jacobsen is considered the first to discover the springs, nestled 2,100 feet up in the Elwha River valley, in 1892. Today, individuals still hike up the Elwha trail to soak in the earthen pools of mineral water, unaware that years ago it was home to a legendary resort. While on a hunting trip in 1907, Billy Everett, "Slim" Farrell, and Charlie Anderson rediscovered the springs and began work developing the site of Olympic Hot Springs, hewing logs into wood baths and building a cabin and bathhouse along the hillside. Everett went on to become proprietor of the enterprise, which opened to the public in 1909. In the years to follow, cabins, pools, and lodges were constructed along the hillside above Boulder Creek, and the beloved resort thrived with visitors. In 1940, the resort was annexed into the Olympic National Park, and it was later closed in 1966.

Contents:

The "Mowich Man" Billy Everett

The early years of Olympic Hot Springs

The Elwha Trail

The twenties

Harry and Jean Schoeffel

The booming thirties

Changes for the forties

Snow scenes

The fifties and sixties.

OCLC:

885209804