The Yeo-Ho Cottage/House:
This house, located in Seaview, Washington, was purchased by William Yendle and Jessie Yeo in 1917. The property consisted of the main house, the annex, and a one room cottage in the rear, known as "the shack". There was no electricity, you used Kerosene. lamps and carried a candle to your bedroom. Well water with a pump in the kitchen. No bathroom, but a two-hole "Chic Sales" in the backyard.
The main house and the annex and the shack each had a kitchen with wood and coal stoves. You heated bath water on the stoves and bathed in galvanized wash tubs. In all three places you could sleep 16 people.
After World War I, William Yeo had the house remodeled, wired for electricity, also spring water piped into the house.
William and Jessie's seven children, their husbands, wives, and grandchildren spent many, many, happy summers there. Frank and Dorothy Yeo spent their honeymoon at YEO-HO in 1924.
After the death of William and Jessie Yeo, one of the daughters, Lillian Yeo maintained the house for all to continue to enjoy. After a number of years, many of the family moved to California and other places, too far to visit, So the one time happy Yeo house had to be sold. The persons that purchased the Happy House stipulated that they be allowed to continued using the name YEO-HO. By the way, this sign was made and painted by Frank Yeo in 1918. The house is still in use, and the sign remains in the year 1970.
Written by Frank Yeo
December 1970
Additional Yeo-Ho House and Family Pictures
Additional documents:
Yeo-Ho House note written by Dick Yeo 2003
Memories of Yeo-Ho House and Long Beach - Elizabeth (Betty) Jones O'Boyle
Guest book from the YeoHo House 1941 to 1954
North Beach.pdf Brochure- Published before 1920
Autumn 1981 Sou'wester.pdf, Published quarterly by the Pacific County Historical Society of Washington State (large file)
In the first entry of the YeoHo Journal 1947-48, Tom Jones (age 16) finds a life-preserver from the US Grant on the beach. The US Grant broke loose from its moorage and sank in December 1871. Here is a link describing that event. Wreck of the U.S. Grant: A bafflig historical mystery
Yeo-Baker Family: History of the Yeo-Ho House