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
