Covered Bridges of Cottage Grove, Oregonįroggie on Manresa Castle, Port Townsend,…įroggie on Old Abandoned Olalla Cemetery….Trail on NovemLittle wooden bridge on the trail You will hike up 150-200 feet in an upward SE direction before arriving at the cemetery. This is a fenced dilapidated old house set a bit back from the road. Hidden Entrance Pole Almost right straight across from the entrance to the trail. Pole 7 – 046642 Concrete pole entrance to trail. There are two concrete poles with cabling, the pole closest in this picture is hidden in the brush. Also, if you hit Al’s Market and the bridge that goes over the inlet you have gone too far. If you are meandering around Orchard Avenue you are in the wrong place. The trail is right off Olalla Valley Road. ![]() If you are the type of person who is going to be vandalizing a cemetery, this is one of these few occasions that I hope the cemetery is indeed haunted and the ghosties will take a bite out of your disrespectful derriere if you try to disturb the peace. In the interests of accuracy I will be providing accurate directions along with pictures of the entrance. Several websites have misleading directions. But boy howdy, they don’t make it easy to find. There are people who live in the home but they do not want to be bothered and it took me about 15 minutes (and I have years of online investigative experience) before I found the address. I find it almost criminal when such fascinating pieces of history are deliberately destroyed. The hospital and surrounding buildings have been torn down, unfortunately. ![]() Hazzard’s home is not far from the cemetery. We had a recent windstorm earlier this year 2014 and it completely uprooted one of the larger trees which in turn lifted a burial sites/marker and narrowly missed a few others. I saw a previous youtube video from 2011 that was slightly different from my photos and video. It is not far from the road (150 yards or so) so you can hear the occasional car going by but the setting of the cemetery itself is quite tranquil. Story of Starvation Heights and Linda Hazzardīecause of the tragic nature of the story, many people believe this cemetery is haunted and it is listed on several paranormal sites. I read the book Starvation Heights when I first moved to the area and have wanted to go explore this particular area since. The old Olalla cemetery has a fascinating past. Overgrowth was also a factor and I stopped counting when I got to 40. There are a lot of these markers and are very difficult to count because the cemetery is laid out in such a rambling manner. ![]() ![]() I have seen nothing to confirm that story, however. It is also said that the markers represent where headstones of the victims used to be, but popularity and/or vandalism compelled them to replace the stones with the poles. It is said this is the cemetery where the victims of Starvation Heights are laid to rest. Amongst the tilting headstones are pipe markers topped with red paint. It is a pioneer cemetery, overgrown and seemingly forgotten, with many stones tipped and broken or completely lost. The cemetery was abandoned in 1930 and there have been no burials in it since that date. It was established, according to early records, at a meeting of the electors of School District 17 on, and consists of one and one-half acres. The Olalla Cemetery, located on the Gig Harbor Peninsula just over the Pierce County Line in Kitsap County, sits high on a hill overlooking a small inlet in Puget Sound. Olalla Cemetery, Kitsap County, Washington
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