Researched by Ghosts of Idaho
It
is said that one of the rooms in the Jameson Hotel is haunted
by a ghost named Maggie. Maggie was a frequent guest at
the hotel in the late 1800s.. One day, her beloved left
to go east, and promised to return to her. He never returned,
but they say that she waited for him up until her death.
In the room where she stayed, there have been certain unexplained
phenomena, such as objects being moved, sinks turning on
by themselves, doors locking and unlocking, etc
UPDATED
10/21/03
NOTE: The following story is
posted from an e-mail.
Reading
the story of the Jamison hotel brought back some memories
from my childhood. I used to attend a churchcamp outside
of Sun Valley by the name of Cathedral Pines and the same
ghost story came up there every year, the tale of "Maggie".
I
wonder now if it may have come at least partly from the
Northern Idaho story.
The
story, as best as I can recall, involved a dark haired
middle aged woman by the name of Maggie. She supposedly
had murdered a child that she was babysitting. The crime
was so heinus that she had to be transported to Boise
for trial, and the route that the police took her through
happened to pass through Sun Valley. She managed to escape
into the woods where her body was later found. If I remember
right, she had died
from exposure and was found in a creekbed. Other campers
claimed that you could see her reflection in mirrors and
hear her calling your name late at night if you listened
closely enough.
While
I have never believed the story I find the obvious similarities
to the Jamison tale very interstesting. On the other hand,
I do remember a few occasions when I felt sudden and overwhelming
terror while walking around late at night between my cabin
and the outhouse...
UPDATED
4/9/03
NOTE:
The following story was posted with permission from The
Jameson web site.
Maggie,
a legendary lady of elegance from the 1890's, liked her
third floor room so much, she never left. Of the several
Maggie stories in circulation, we like the one in which
she waits for her "true love" to return on the
train from Back East, where he had gone after striking
it rich up Burke Canyon and promising marriage upon his
return. We often receive reports of her reflection in
mirrors, doors in vacant rooms slamming and windows opening,
old items appearing in guest rooms and unexplained voices
in the night. |
