Taylor Camp

Taylor Camp
Village
Country United States
Area
 • Total 6.99 acres (2.83 ha)
Population (1974)
 • Total 100
 • Density 9,200/sq mi (3,500/km2)
Time zone Hawaii-Aleutian (UTC-10)

Taylor Camp was a small settlement established in the spring of 1969 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It covered an area of 7 acres (2.8 ha) and at its peak it had a population of 120.[1] It began with thirteen hippies seeking refuge from the ongoing campus riots and police brutality in the United States.[2] They were arrested for vagrancy but Howard Taylor, brother of movie star Elizabeth, bailed them out of jail and invited them to settle on a beachfront property he owned.[3]

The settlement was condemned in 1973,[4] and residents, after losing legal battles, moved away over the years. There were only a few residents remaining in 1977, when the camp was attacked in a series of violent incidents, the residents were forcibly evicted by the state, and the camp was burned to the ground.[1] The site remains undeveloped.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Kail, Ellyn (June 11, 2015). "A look at life inside a 1969 hippie tree house village in Hawaii". featureshoot.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Paradise Lost: The Hippie refugee camp". Messy Nessy. August 29, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  3. ↑ Spano, Susan (July 9, 2012). "Flower Children on the North Shore of Kauai". Smithsonian. Retrieved January 5, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Cataluna, Lee (July 6, 2008). "Film revisits infamous Kauai camp". Honolulu Advertiser. Retrieved January 6, 2015.


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