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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 Chapter I Chapter I Chapter I –––– W estern W ashington W estern W ashington W estern W ashington 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

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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

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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

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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 Chapter III Chapter III Chapter III –––– E astern W ashington H istory E astern W ashington H istory E astern W ashington H istory 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 present-

day 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.

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