PIH A Paranormal Investigations of Historic America
H istoric H aunting of W ashington State Paranorm al Investigations by
The PIH A “G rey Team � Vaughn Hubbard, Case Manager/Founder Debbie Knapp, Lead Investigator/Co-owner Kathy Gavin, Senior Investigator Julie De Stefano, Senior Investigator and EVP Specialist Dave from www.SilentVoices.info
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Table of Contents Acknowledgements……………………….……....3 Introduction………………………….…………...4 Table of Contents…………….…………………..5 The History of Washington State…………….…9
Chapter I – W estern W ashington The History of Western Washington….……12 Centralia History The History of Centralia Washington…...…15 McMenamins Olympic Club……………..17 The Aerie Ballroom…………….……..…..22 Chehalis History The History of Chehalis Washington…....…26 Lewis County Historical Museum……….28 Snohomish History The History of Snohomish Washington…...34 The Cabbage Patch Restaurant…….…...38 Moclips History The History of Moclips Washington…….....42 Museum of the North Beach………..……44 Wellington History The Wellington Historical Site…….….....49 3
Georgetown History The History of Georgetown………..……….57 Carleton Avenue Grocery…………..….…60 Calamity Jane’s Restaurant & Bar………65 Helle Skin Sanctuary and Salon…...…..…70 Olympia History The History of Olympia……………………..73 Capitol Theater………………………….…76
Chapter II – The Olym pic Peninsula Pen insula The History of the Olympic Peninsula…...….82 Port Gamble History The History of Port Gamble Washington…...85 The Port Gamble Theatre ………….....…..91 The Port Gamble Museum……….…...…..92 The Walker/Ames House…………...….….93 The Doctor’s House (House #7)………...…95 Port Townsend History The History of Port Townsend Washington...96 The Jefferson County Historical Museum..98 The Palace Hotel……………….………..….106 The Point Wilson Lighthouse……….....…..113 4
Port Angeles History The History of Port Angeles Washington….121 The Museum at the Carnegie…………….124 The Port Angeles Underground………….131 The Family Shoe Store……………………136 Michaels Seafood and Steakhouse……….141
Chapter III – E astern W ashington H istory The History of Eastern Washington…..……146 Roslyn History The History of Roslyn Washington………..150 The 2R Bar and Bistro………………...…154 Yakima History The History of Yakima Washington……….159 The Capitol Theatre…….……………...…162 The Yakima Depot Restaurant & Lounge167
The History and Theory of Ghost and Demons…173 About PIHA………………………......……...…….175 The Goals of PIHA……………………...…………..176
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Chapter I The Th e H istory of W estern W ashington Washington's founder, the black pioneer George Washington Bush and his Caucasian wife, Isabella James Bush, from Missouri and Tennessee, respectively, led four white families into the territory and settled New Market, now known as Tumwater, Washington, in 1846. They settled in Washington to avoid Oregon's racist settlement laws. After them, many more settlers, migrating overland along the Oregon Trail, wandered north to settle in the Puget Sound area. In 1852, people from all over what was to become Washington state gathered in Monticello (now Longview) to draft a memorandum to Congress. The memorandum expressed their desire to be granted statehood under the name of Columbia. Washington became the 42nd state in the United States on November 11, 1889. The heavy rainfall to the west of the Cascade Range produced dense forests, and the ports along Puget Sound prospered from the manufacturing and shipping of lumber products, particularly the Douglas-fir. Other industries that developed in the portion of the state include fishing, salmon canning and mining. Today, Western Washington is world renowned for its timber and fishing industries. The residents and visitors to Washington also enjoy a variety of recreational opportunities found in very few places in America. People enjoy the outdoors by hunting and fishing, hiking and snow skiing, boating and biking.
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The Lewis County Historical Museum The Lewis County Historical Museum is housed in the historic, 1912 turn of the century, Northern Pacific Railway Depot. The Northern Pacific Railroad (NP) reached the Chehalis River in 1872 from Kalama on the Columbia and the line reached Tacoma the following year. Today it is operated by the Lewis County Historical Society; it is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of Lewis County, Washington. The Northern Pacific Railroad (NP) reached the Chehalis River in 1872 from Kalama on the Columbia and the line reached Tacoma the following year. Regular service between the river and Tacoma began in January 1874. Just four months later, as many as 30 people per day were getting off at stations between the Columbia and the Sound. The Chehalis Western purchased trackage from Milwaukee Road on a portion from Chehalis to Raymond line in 1936 and operated it as non-common carrier Chehalis Western Railroad. The line bought was 18 miles from Chehalis to Dryad. This line was not needed any more by the Milwaukee Road as it operated over a nearby Northern Pacific branch line. The Chehalis Western used only the first nine miles of this trackage from Chehalis to Ruth. A new line was built south from Ruth to Camp McDonald to where timber was ready to be cut. The logs would be taken from Camp McDonald to a log dump at South Bay near Olympia. The Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Association was formed in 1986 as a nonprofit corporation. The founders were a group of local citizens whose goal was to restore a 1916 logging locomotive. Early the following year, the restoration was begun and over the next two years, several railroad cars were acquired. With restoration completed, scheduled operations began in the summer of 1989 over a section of former Milwaukee Road track in the Chehalis-Centralia area. 9
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The Paranormal Investigation On October 16th, 2010 the PIHA Grey Team scheduled paranormal investigations at selected sites in the historic community of Georgetown and came away with some interesting results indicating that possible paranormal activity does exist. These are the results of one of those investigations. The PIHA Grey Team began their investigation at 8:00 PM at the Carleton Avenue Grocery with PIHA Lead Investigator, Debbie Knapp. The Grey Team was also joined by Allan Philips and La Dele Sines, owners of the Carleton Avenue Grocery and Georgetown resident Jordan.
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PIHA Paranormal Investigation This paranormal investigation yielded some fascinating evidence of paranormal activity throughout the entire evening. At 8:00 PM the Grey Team began their investigation in the grocery store area located on the main floor of the building to begin EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena) session in that area of the building. An EVP session is when a series of questions are asked and recording devices such as digital recorders and the PIHA parabolic dish are set to record any noises or verbal responses. Right at the start, a male voice was recorded on the parabolic dish. Then Dave talks about a photograph that has the image of a woman showing up on the glass doors. Just then, a female voice is recorded on the parabolic dish. The team then moved down to the basement to begin another EVP session. Earlier, guest investigator Russ Wells, saw what appeared to be a male figure in this area. Just as Dave begins his EVP session everyone present hears what sounds like a whistle type noise. As the EVP continues, guest investigator, Sandy Wells, feels something touch her shoulder. Then Sandy feels a strange presence standing next to her. Right after that, guest clients La Dele and Jordan feel a cold sensation all around them. Then a female sounding voice is heard by everyone present and recorded on the parabolic dish. The team then moved up to the second floor living quarters area to begin their final investigation and EVP session. Even though there were many stories of activity and personal experiences in this part of the building, nothing was actually recorded as evidence of possible paranormal activity. The PIHA Grey Team has certified that the historic Carleton Avenue Grocery is haunted. 12
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The History of Paranormal Activity The Point Wilson Lighthouse Station has a long and documented history of paranormal activity. This historic site has been investigated by other paranormal groups for years and most have stories to tell. Maybe it’s because of the location, the many shipwrecks and lost lives that have occurred, or the past residents that once occupied the facility. No one really knows for sure why these phenomena exist; all they know is that it does! Visitors and residents report a variety of phenomena from feelings of dread to seeing full bodied apparitions. There are also stories of being touched by an unseen source, hearing voices coming from no where, shadows and mist that can’t be explained. And the reports just keep coming and the stories are still being told. Coast Guard wives stationed at Point Wilson Lighthouse have reported a shadow of a woman has been seen and heard in the keeper's quarters. Many a time a movement out of the corner of the eye has been seen, and when the wife would turn, there was nothing there but a fleeting shadow. Footsteps would often be heard leaving the room as the wife would turn to look. The woman is apparently a little on the nosy side, as evidenced by hearing someone rummaging in the bathroom cabinet, but of course no one else was in the house. Who is this woman in a long gown that has also been seen wandering the grounds and going up into the lighthouse? No one seems to know for sure, but it is felt it could be the spirit of a woman whose daughter was lost in one of the numerous shipwrecks around Puget Sound. On one occasion, a mantle full of birthday cards was swept clean, all of them scattered on the floor. Perhaps it was the anniversary of the daughter's birthday. The neighbors have also heard the sounds of rummaging coming from the upstairs, even going so far as to call over and ask if anyone was there. 14
Strangely enough, most of the men that were stationed at the light have never seen or heard anything, with one exception. A visitor staying there and sleeping on the couch, and awoke with the feeling someone or something was smothering him. He sat up, clutching his throat and gasping for breath, and saw a figure of a woman in the kitchen. As he got up to see if she was the one who'd attacked him, she vanished. After speaking with several people it appears that the sightings have been in the light keeper’s house, not the lighthouse. David M Littlefiend, the first lightkeeper of the Point Wilson Light, was married to Maria Hastings on July 5th, 1869. They lost a child who some believe drowned while they lived at the lighthouse. It is believed by some that Maria is the women who return looking for her child. Another story told is about the spirit of a male that was reported by a former resident of the duplex. Dot Ross (Coast Guard Auxiliary) was giving a tour of the Point Wilson Lighthouse when one of the visitors told Dot that she had lived with her parents in the duplex in the 1950's. She told Dot that a male spirit had made his presence visible to her and told her that he never wanted to leave the lighthouse area. During PIHA's investigation, Coast Guard Auxiliary member, Clyde Snyder, felt the presence of someone and was documenting some very high readings from his K-II (EVP) meter. Clyde believes that this presence could have been the spirit of that man.
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The History of Yakima Washington The Yakama people were the first known inhabitants of the Yakima Valley. The area tribes used this area, on the banks of the Yakima River, as their wintering spot for generations. This was the traditional hunting and gathering grounds of the region's tribes, known collectively as the Peoples of the Plateau. They fished the abundant salmon and steelhead. They gathered roots and berries on the nearby mountain slopes. The fertile grasslands attracted game and waterfowl. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition came to the area and discovered abundant wildlife and rich soil, prompting the settlement of homesteaders. The arrival of settlers and their conflicts with the natives resulted in the Yakama Indian War of 1855. The U.S. Army established Fort Simcoe in 1856 near present-day Toppenish as a response to the uprising. The Yakamas were defeated and relocated to the Yakama Indian Reservation. A small village near Ahtanum Creek, which came to be known as Yakima City, emerged in the 1860s, serving the valley's scattered ranchers. The pioneering F. Mortimer Thorp (1822-1894) family arrived in the Moxee Valley, just outside the presentday city, in 1861. His son, Leonard Thorp, later described what they found: "At that time, the bottom lands were covered with a dense growth of rye grass twelve feet high in many places, while a luxuriant carpet of nutritious bunch grass made the sage brush hills a veritable paradise to cattle and horses. Within five minutes after turning loose the animals, they would be completely lost sight of in the tall grass and could be found only by trailing. Fortunately, the Indians were disposed to be friendly and except for the occasional theft of an animal, never seriously troubled the early settlers. 17