Home Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
Pierce County, Washington, USA
About Home
Seeing the quiet seaside community of Home today, it is difficult to imagine it as the area's hotbed for radical anarchists and nudists, but that is nonetheless the area's history from 1895, when after the failure of the industrial cooperative colony Glennis, east ofEatonville, three former Glennisites — George H. Allen, Oliver A. Verity, and B. F. O'Dell — set out in the summer into Puget Sound on a rowboat they built themselves to find an isolated location for a new community. They decided upon Von Geldern Cove (also known as Joe's Bay) as the site for their new Home Colony, which would be an intentional community based on anarchist philosophy. The founders purchased 26 acres (110,000 m) there at $7 an acre, working odd jobs to pay for it. By 1896, their families had joined them and cabi
Top Attractions in Home
Explore the best things to see and do in Home:
- ★An Auto Tour through Key Peninsula History
- ★Eagle Island State Park
- ★Joemma Beach State Park
- ★Key Peninsula Marine Trail
- ★Penrose Point State Park
Where to Eat in Home
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Home Port Restaurant & Lounge
Where to Stay in Home
- 🏨Wisteria Hollow
Home Travel Guide Sections
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