Barnes Point is an ancient landslide delta that juts out into Lake Crescent in Clallam County , Washington . As one of the few areas of relatively flat ground near Lake Crescent, it hosts Lake Crescent Lodge , the Storm King Ranger Station of Olympic National Park, as well as several private homes. It also contains the trails which access Mount Storm King , Marymere Falls , and Barnes Creek . Barnes Creek flows through an old-growth forest , providing spawning habitat for the endemic Crescent cutthroat trout . The ten acres of land between Rosemary Inn and Lake Crescent Lodge were owned by businessman Thomas Aldwell until 1940. There was a main house three guest cabins, work shed and horse barn. The property was purchased in 1942 by James C deWilde, a retired Dutch banker from Shanghai. His wife's father was from India where he served as Colonel of the Bengal Lancers. During his time at Barnes point, deWilde wrote two books about the resurgence of Islam in Asia. Two other authors also lived at Barnes Point. Margaret Merrill wrote the classic "Bears in my Kitchen" and her husband Bill ( a park ranger) published a guide to fishing and camping. Bill Merrill was the first ranger to wear side arms and the first nations gave him the moniker "two gun". During the World War deWilde served as the blackout warden in case of enemy action. Emil deWilde and his new wife came to Barnes Point from the Netherlands in 1947. Emil had served in the Dutch underground during the war and had been captured and tortured by the Nazis. His health was poor due to starvation and the extreme quiet was helpful for emotional recovery. Emil and his father started Lake Crescent Nursery on the site. By 1949, 13 people lived on the property including a nanny from Scotland, field hands from Oklahoma and the two families. In 1953 the Park service purchased the property and the house and barn were demolished. Two of the cabins were floated across the lake to Log Cabin resort where they remain in use to this day.
3-634: The Storm King Ranger Station , also known as the Storm King Guard Station and Morgenroth Cabin , is a historic building located southeast of Barnes Point , on south shore of Lake Crescent , about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Port Angeles, Washington . The ranger station is part of the Olympic National Park . The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The building
6-680: The first Forest Service Rangers in Olympic Peninsula, who became district ranger of the Olympic National Forest and an advocate for the creation of the Olympic National Park . This article about a property in Washington on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a building or structure in the U.S. state of Washington
9-538: Was remodeled in 1937 and in 1979 the east wall and chimney were destroyed when a tractor loader broke loose and hit the building. In 1984 the building was relocated a short distance away from the Olympic Highway (SR-101) and the shore of Lake Crescent, and extensive deterioration was found in many of the exterior logs which were completely restored. The building is significant also for its connection with Chris Morgenroth, an early Bogachiel River settler and one of
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