Taylor Camp
Taylor Camp was a hippie settlement on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi , which existed from 1969 to 1977.
location
The camp was on the north coast of the island of Kaua'i, west of Hanalei at the mouth of the Limahuli Brook in the Pacific.
history
Artist Howard Taylor, brother of actress Elizabeth Taylor , wanted to build a mansion for his family on the site. However, he did not receive a permit because a nature park was planned there.
A group of 13 hippies had come to Kaua'i from Berkeley California because of anger with the California Police Department . Here, too, they got into trouble with the authorities: they were sentenced to imprisonment and social work for vagrancy.
This is where both stories come together: Howard Taylor allowed the hippies to camp on his property. At least in part, that should have been his revenge, as the public sector now had to grapple with the hippies.
Over time, more and more hippies followed suit, and some comfortable tree houses were built because building on the ground was not allowed. There was a central communal toilet, showers, and some kind of interdenominational church. Hemp was grown in the garden. At peak times, the camp had over 300 residents.
In 1974 the government bought the property after lengthy negotiations. Still, the hippies stayed in their paradise, even if not so numerous. It was not until 1977 that the site was cleared, the tree houses torn down and burned.
documentation
book
- John Wehrheim: Taylor Camp. Serindia Publications, 2009. 108 photos, English text
Movie
- Taylor Camp (2009). Book: John Wehrheim. Directed by Robert C. Stone, Margo Romero
Web links
- Official website of the film "Taylor Camp"
- Taylor Camp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Susan Spano: Flower Children on the North Shore of Kauai ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Smithsonian.com , July 9, 2012 (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Solveig Grothe: Expulsion from the hippie paradise . Spiegel Online , March 29, 2016
- ^ Taylor Camp . Various memories of the camp on pacificworlds.com (English)
