- Olalla, Washington
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This article is about the community in Washington. For the community in British Columbia, see Olalla, British Columbia.
Olalla — Unincorporated community — Olalla Community Club
Location within the state of Washington
OlallaCoordinates: 47°25′45″N 122°32′44″W / 47.42917°N 122.54556°WCoordinates: 47°25′45″N 122°32′44″W / 47.42917°N 122.54556°W Country United States State Washington County Kitsap Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) ZIP codes FIPS code GNIS feature ID Olalla is a small unincorporated community in Kitsap County, Washington, United States. It is located on Colvos Passage on Puget Sound just north of the Pierce County county line. Olalla used to be larger than Port Orchard, county seat of Kitsap County. A former logging area, Olalla now partially relies on tourism, hosting an annual Polar Bear Jump on January 1 and Bluegrass Festival the third Saturday in August. Olalla is now a residential and farming community for commuters to nearby cities and towns, although a working-class population from the logging days still remains.
Its name is the Salishan and Chinook Jargon word for "berry" or "berries" (usually olallie or ollalie in most lexicons of the Jargon).[1]
The Olalla Community Club has been operated by Marty Kellogg and his family since the early eighties. A old original church stands just down the street from the Club and is being used to this day. The former pioneers church Pastor lived right across the street from the Church.
Olalla has some small claim to fame as the location of an early 20th century health retreat (Sanitarium) called Wilderness Heights a.k.a. "Starvation Heights", The sanitarium was owned and operated by Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. Dr. Hazzard's practice of starvation to cure one's ills resulted in the death of a visiting English heiress in 1911, and the conviction of Dr. Hazzard for her murder. The original bathtub where Hazzard performed autopsies is still in the house, which has a family residing there. However, she also maintains a strong following, in the US, Europe and Australia, that testify to her fasting techniques as having cured them of many ills and believe she was ahead of her time, both then and now, in her methods.
Olalla author Gregg Olsen wrote about Starvation Heights in his award-winning book of the same name.
See also
References
- ^ Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 82. ISBN 9780918664006. http://books.google.com/books?id=CoWrPQAACAAJ.
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Municipalities and communities of Kitsap County, Washington Cities 
CDPs Bangor Trident Base | East Port Orchard | Erlands Point-Kitsap Lake | Indianola | Kingston | Manchester | Navy Yard City | Parkwood | Silverdale | Suquamish | Tracyton
Unincorporated
communitiesBethel | Brownsville | Burley | Chico | Eglon | Fragaria | Glenwood | Gorst | Hansville | Holly | Illahee | Keyport | Little Boston | Olalla | Port Gamble | Retsil | Seabeck | South Colby | Southworth
Indian reservation Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Washington (state)
- Populated places in Kitsap County, Washington
- Ghost towns in Washington (state)
- Chinook Jargon placenames
- Kitsap County, Washington geography stubs
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