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October 20, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 9A Texas couple takes on Inn at Arch Cape New owners seek a Northwest feel for the historic inn By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette Before buying the Inn at Arch Cape, Heather Newman and Chris Anderson knew the Oregon Coast just as another faraway place on a map. A year ago, the couple were living in Dallas, Texas, both working in highly in- tense marketing jobs. “We were working 60- hour work weeks. We would come home from work and sit on our laptops,” Newman said. “We needed a change.” That’s when Anderson and Newman decided to take a chance and pursue a dream venture: owning and operat- ing an inn. They didn’t know much, other than they wanted a place near water. When the two saw the former owners, Tracy and Henry Hooper of Gearhart, selling the Inn at Arch Cape earlier this year, they imme- diately booked a flight. They toured the five-bed- room hotel on a typical rainy day in May, and were mysti- fied by the area’s beauty. “Once we saw this prop- BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Heather Newman and Chris Anderson became the new owners of the Inn at Arch Cape in May. erty, we immediately put our house on the market,” New- man said. “This place is spe- cial.” Newman and Anderson have been working to revamp and modernize the space since May. The original struc- ture was built in 1939 by Er- nest White, and the building has since acted as a post of- fice, general store and hotel. Until this year, Newman and Anderson had no experi- ence running an inn. But what they do know is marketing, and Newman said she was ex- cited to help solidify the inn’s identity. “There was already so much working for us when we took it over, so we are just trying to create more of a Pacific Northwest feel to it,” Newman said. “We want to keep it woodsy but modern.” To do so, Newman and Anderson are slowly chang- ing out older furniture with antiques from local stores. Every room now has flowers and candy from local ven- dors, and they intend to make more partnerships in the fu- ture. So far, the two love the fact they get to meet so many new people. Taking on the challenge to make such an established inn their own has been rewarding. But much of this experi- ence has been learning on the fly. Because the Inn at Arch Cape is run by just the owners and one housekeeper, Ander- son said they have to be ready to learn and do anything. “One of the hardest things is getting help to fix things (on the North Coast),” Ander- son said. “When the shower’s running hot, or the TV’s not working, you have to figure out how to fix a lot of stuff yourself.” There are few new chal- lenges they have learned to overcome that weren’t issues in Dallas. Since moving here, Anderson learned how to chop wood for fireplaces — a skill not sought after in a place where the temperature trends closer to 100 degrees most days. Not having as many re- sources closely accessible has also been a change for the cou- ple. “In Dallas, we had a Home Depot 10 minutes away. Now we have to plan our trips into town so we don’t drive to War- renton all the time,” Anderson said. But when they look back at those 60-hour work weeks in Dallas and compare it with the remote serenity of ocean liv- ing, Newman said it is worth the sacrifice. “It’s strange to live in a place where people vacation,” Newman said. “But this is par- adise. Every day we are proud of ourselves for taking the risk, and feel so lucky to live here.” Tribal legacies survive in local place names Tribes from Page 1A Celebrated for their skill in making canoes, the local tribes would travel up the Neawanna River, down the Neacoxie, to Sunset, Long and Smith lakes in Warrenton, portage to the Skipanon River and on to the Columbia River and would “go pretty much with ease several days up to The Dalles and Celilo Falls,” Moberg said. “Considering the clumsy tools they had to construct the canoes, they were marvel- ous,” he added. Lewis and Clark wrote that they were “amazed at the ease with which they navigated the stormy waters.” When the local Indians died, they weren’t buried, but placed on scaffolding with all of the deceased’s posses- sions to take with them to the hereafter. “In 1852, there was a report that there were bod- ies in scaffolding from (what is now) Avenue A to Avenue U in Seaside” because of a smallpox epidemic,” Moberg said. Cecust “Elizabeth” Lattie and her son were the only two Native Americans in the coun- try to claim and receive prop- erty under the Land Donation Act of 1850, according to Moberg. In 1852, Elizabeth, a Clatsop, claimed the land between the current Avenues A and U, and her son, Wil- liam Lattie, claimed property from Avenue U to the Cove. A portion of William’s property became the site for Benjamin Holladay’s Seaside Hotel, which signaled the beginning of Seaside as a resort commu- nity. The federal government doesn’t recognize the Chi- nooks and Clatsops as tribes because there were not enough members to constitute a tribe, Moberg said. “Why? Because white men’s diseases had wiped out 90 to 95 percent of the peo- ple,” he said. “They were dis- persed and not recognized as a tribe. We’re not here to lay blame but to remember the first citizens of Cannon Beach who all but perished under the civilization and way of life of the white man. “These were people who welcomed the stranger, mi- grants and should be remem- bered with the words Ecola, Neacoxie, Necanicum, Ski- panon … and Clatsop. These names are indelibly stamped on Cannon Beach and all of Clatsop County so that we will not forget those first citi- zens of Cannon Beach.” LANDSCAPING Laurelwood Compost • Mulch • Planting MacMix Soil Amendments YARD DEBRIS DROP-OFF (no Scotch Broom) 503-717-1454 34154 HIGHWAY 26 SEASIDE, OR Laurelwood Farm ADVERTISING YOUR AD HERE! 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