Monday, October 17, 2005
Pacific City Neighborhoods
Barrow Hill
Barrow Hill has a murky past involving murders, mysterious mass suicides, and general strange goings-on. It’s said to be one of the most haunted areas in the US because not only is it on the site of an old Indian burial ground, it’s the site of Rose Bay, the first settlement on Crown Island.
Rose Bay, founded 1835, is named after the Fireweed wildflower that dotted the area and was one of the first permanent settlements of any size in the Northwest Territories. The Mtaki Tribe natives seemed friendly and helpful, and eagerly aided the settlers; for this reason the town grew rapidly and also didn’t feel the need for much protection. By 1837, though, increased contact with other nearby tribes revealed that the Mtakis were shunned as demon worshippers. Scouts who tried to relay this information to the city fathers were laughed at until the summer solstice of 1837, when the Mtaki revealed their true nature and slaughtered every white man on the island and nearby mainland in a massive demonic ritual that was supposed to drive the white man from the shores of North America. The next trading ships that came found every human in the area white and native had been skinned alive and the town burned to the ground. They buried all 3000 and more in a mass grave under what became known as Barrow Hill. A new colony was founded at the Crown Pointe anchorage in 1843.
North Church
North Church Street is the center of the city’s entertainment district, starting with the theater district based about the Newhaven Opera House at its southernmost end. Theater groups, art house movie theaters, and small museums quickly give way to good restaurants and nightclubs as well as the larger hotel chains and the convention centers. North of that are the various casinos and large hotel complexes. After that, though, the character of the area starts to deteriorate. The casinos become cheap card parlors and the nightclubs become strip clubs and ‘gentleman’s entertainment clubs’. The hotels drop in price as well as minimum occupancy times. The bars become rougher. Just before the area devolves into Iron Harbor, it makes one last stab at respectability with the Convent Arena, a sports complex that usually plays host to boxing, kickboxing, pro wrestling, and local school matches of various types.
Barrow Hill has a murky past involving murders, mysterious mass suicides, and general strange goings-on. It’s said to be one of the most haunted areas in the US because not only is it on the site of an old Indian burial ground, it’s the site of Rose Bay, the first settlement on Crown Island.
Rose Bay, founded 1835, is named after the Fireweed wildflower that dotted the area and was one of the first permanent settlements of any size in the Northwest Territories. The Mtaki Tribe natives seemed friendly and helpful, and eagerly aided the settlers; for this reason the town grew rapidly and also didn’t feel the need for much protection. By 1837, though, increased contact with other nearby tribes revealed that the Mtakis were shunned as demon worshippers. Scouts who tried to relay this information to the city fathers were laughed at until the summer solstice of 1837, when the Mtaki revealed their true nature and slaughtered every white man on the island and nearby mainland in a massive demonic ritual that was supposed to drive the white man from the shores of North America. The next trading ships that came found every human in the area white and native had been skinned alive and the town burned to the ground. They buried all 3000 and more in a mass grave under what became known as Barrow Hill. A new colony was founded at the Crown Pointe anchorage in 1843.
North Church
North Church Street is the center of the city’s entertainment district, starting with the theater district based about the Newhaven Opera House at its southernmost end. Theater groups, art house movie theaters, and small museums quickly give way to good restaurants and nightclubs as well as the larger hotel chains and the convention centers. North of that are the various casinos and large hotel complexes. After that, though, the character of the area starts to deteriorate. The casinos become cheap card parlors and the nightclubs become strip clubs and ‘gentleman’s entertainment clubs’. The hotels drop in price as well as minimum occupancy times. The bars become rougher. Just before the area devolves into Iron Harbor, it makes one last stab at respectability with the Convent Arena, a sports complex that usually plays host to boxing, kickboxing, pro wrestling, and local school matches of various types.
# posted by GamerGuy : 2:57 PM
