Taylor Camp Explained

Taylor Camp
Native Name Lang:	eng
Settlement Type:	Village
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	Hawaii
Established Date:	1969
Extinct Date:	1977
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Ha:	2.83
Population As Of:	1974
Population Total:	100
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone1:	Hawaii-Aleutian
Utc Offset1:	-10

Taylor Camp was a small settlement established in the spring of 1969 on the island of Kauai, Hawaii. It covered an area of 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] Eduardo Malapit prosecuted the original Taylor campers;^[4] later as mayor, he campaigned to shut down the camp.^[5]

Demise

The settlement was condemned in 1973,^[6] and residents, after losing legal battles, moved away over the years. There were only a few residents remaining in 1977, when the camp was raided by the local authorities where the residents were evicted by the state, and the camp buildings were burned to the ground.^[1] The site was turned into a state park and remains undeveloped.^{[6] [7] [8] [9]}

Further reading

• Web site: Gordon . Mike . Precious paradise . Honolulu Star-Advertiser . 2010-06-27 . 2018-05-09.
• Riley . Thomas J . Ibsen-Riley . Karma . Taylor Camp, Hawaii : the life and death of a hippie community . Field Museum of Natural History Bulletin . Field Museum of Natural History . June 1979 . 19663881 . 0741-2967 . 50 . 6 . 18–22.
• Book: Wehrheim, John . Taylor Camp . Serindia Contemporary . Chicago, IL, US . 2009 . 9781932476460 . 436866892 . Excerpt from the book

External links

• Web site: About the Edge of Paradise . The Edge of Paradise . none . 2023-10-27. (documentary website)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A look at life inside a 1969 hippie tree house village in Hawaii . Kail . Ellyn . June 11, 2015 . featureshoot.com . January 5, 2016.
2. Web site: Paradise Lost: The Hippie refugee camp . Messy Nessy . August 29, 2013 . January 5, 2016.
3. Flower Children on the North Shore of Kauai . Spano . Susan . July 9, 2012 . . January 5, 2016.
4. Web site: Soboleski . Hank . Hippies sentenced to jail on Kauai . The Garden Island . 7 July 2013 . TheGardenIsland.com . 23 July 2021.
5. Web site: Taylor Camp: Through the eyes of the locals . The Garden Island . 29 November 2019 . TheGardenIsland.com . 23 July 2021.
6. News: Film revisits infamous Kauai camp . Cataluna . Lee . . July 6, 2008 . January 6, 2015.
7. News: Carla . Herreria . Haunting Nude Photos Bring 1970s Hippie Community Back To Life . Huffington Post . July 28, 2015 . October 3, 2016 .
8. News: Michelle . Broder Van Dyke . Extraordinary Vintage Photos Reveal Hawaii's Hippie Treehouse Community . BuzzFeed . October 1, 2015 . October 3, 2016 .
9. Web site: David . Rosenberg . What Life Was Like in Taylor Camp, Hawaii's Legendary Hippie Haven . Slate . August 2, 2015 . October 3, 2016 .