We
do not know much about the history of Crow Wing Crest Lodge, or this
land prior to 1898 when the Red River Logging Company built our historic
lodge. In fact, on the abstract, the first entry starts . . .
Patent Oct. 5, 1883, " United States of America under act of Congress
approved 24th of April 1820 and the acts supplemental thereto. TO
T.B. Walker Gov. lot 1. Sec 15-141-32 -- et al lands-this lot
contains according to the Government plat ----43.60 acres."
The next couple of entries give a Quit Claim Deed from Thomas B. Walker
and Harriet G. Walker, his wife, to Healey C. Akeley and undivided 1/2
interest in property, on July 19th, 1893. Then the next entry is a
Special Warranty Deed from Healy C. Akeley and Hettie E. Akeley back to
Thomas B. Walker on May 1, 1903. (No idea what the heck
these guys were doing . . . . . feel free to enlighten us, those
of you who are attorneys :) )
Native American
history at CWC:
During a session with Akashic Records practitioner, Suzette in 2009,
(she is a frequent guest at our Spring Healer's
Retreat), I asked if she could tap into any history prior to
1898; knowing I wouldn't be able to validate anything, but just wanting
stories to play with and "try on". Well, interestingly
enough, after Suzette did her prep prayer, she immediately started
talking very quickly as she said that she was hearing the words "Lakota!
Lakota! Lakota!" being urgently "yelled" at her from several
different spirit guides and entities. According to these guides,
she said that the land upon which this resort is standing, was a
gathering place for Lakota Native American peoples for a very, very long
time. She went on to talk about the fact that there were numerous
boundary skirmishes around the property and that we could do a
"cleansing" to help dissipate any lingering negative/stagnant energy.
Honestly, I didn't quite know what to think about this session, but in
the end I figured "OK . . . .sure, why not? I'll only be out
my time and it might be fun". So, I enlisted Big John
and a couple of very good friends (Gus is the guy who creates all our
native american style drums in the lodge -- including the big buffalo
drum) into doing this cleansing in a rather respectful and serious
manner. It took us a couple of hours, and I'm not sure, but
we actually may have experienced some unexpected positive results from
doing this task. Ask me about it sometime when you're here
vacationing next!
Again, we do not claim to have any knowledge of peoples who have lived
on this land prior to the late 1800's, however, we do have approximately
one guest a year who will find an arrowhead somewhere on the property.
We have also found the below two possible artifacts:
tomahawk artifact (?)
fire-making twirl stick stone artifact (?)
Anyway, these are just notes and stories to hand to the next owners
years from now. Yes, I have been told a couple of ghost stories
from guests and past owners who actually believe they experienced
something* up here at CWC (nothing too serious). At some
point, I should write down the stories to pass along, also, shouldn't I?
*sigh* Nag me enough, and I will. :)
In
the meantime, we have many, many first time guests spontaneously tell us
"you know, there's just a really good vibe here, isn't there?"
and I tell 'em "Yep, it does feel good here." Many of our
long-time repeat guests use the word "magical" when describing the
resort, which I find interesting. It just feels like HOME to
me. :)
Below is one of Big John's all-time favorite Robbie Robertson's tunes,
courtesy of YouTube:
*Stories to flesh out
native american ghost
sightings during new construction of Cabin #16 (from Terry Heller,
ex-owner) 1999
native american
ghost sighting
Cabin #19 (from Kris, current co-owner) 2004
February 2010 native
american ghost sighting from house-sitter of Kim & Big John's home
ghost sighting of
Marv Richmond (owner of CWC 1946-1971) in Cabin #3 from a guest 2005
random comments
from mainstream summer guests spontaneously talking about "vibe" of
resort after cleansing in spring 2009. Very odd.
cold spots, drum
circle spirit energy, practical jokes, and Kris' "ghost story" of
the well-house next to the A-Frame, Cabin #3
HERE's a story I
heard from a repeat guest of many, many years. I asked
her recently to recount it in her own words and here it is:
"Cabin
4 August 2009:
While taking a nap in the room on the right as you walk in the cabin
my husband experienced someone come in and sit down on the corner of
the bed. He said he could feel the weight of the mattress compress
as though someone was actually sitting there. He thought it was me.
He also heard someone say his name clear as day in the room. When he
got up from his nap he came and found me to see what I needed. I had
been out swimming and then in my parents cabin. No one had been the
the cabin all afternoon while he was taking his nap.
Also, while staying in that cabin. I experienced a paralyzing moment
of terror one night. I woke up in the middle of the night, wide
awake and had an immense feeling of terror and doom. I was so scared
to move I didn't even wake up my husband. What was really odd was
that the room was darker than dark. Normally and every other night
since that night you can always make out things in the darkness
either from the moonlight shinning in or just your eyes adjusting to
the darkness. This was not the case that night, it was darker than
dark, I could see nothing and the air was so thick and heavy.
Nothing changed until the sun FINALLY came up.
Cabin 1 July 1996ish:
My mom woke up in the middle of the night the bedroom on the left
side of the cabin (if you're facing it). When she woke up the was a
large dark mass floating over the top of her. She was scared by it
but was able to fall back to sleep.
Also, by our very first year, Terry and Connie sent up us to Cabin
6, we by mistake went to Cabin 7 (the old cabin 7 which no longer
exists). When we walked into Cabin 7 it had a super creep-out factor
to it. There was just something about that cabin that just wasn't
right. At the time (early 90's) the movie Hook had just come out. In
our family it was always and still is called the "You're dead jolly
man"-cabin. It's a line out of the movie, but my brother who was
only 6 at the time said that whenever he went by it. It spooked him
too. LOL!!!
Anyway, those are our "ghost" stories of CWC past in our household.
:)"
