101 E. 8th Street

In 1903, Charles Whisler erected the River Cliff Bath House on this property. It was open to the public andincluded a swimming pool with cement floors, dressing rooms and, as reported in the Palisade Tribune "...complete with all the paraphernalia for doing a swimming pool business". Whisler was the secretary of the Palisade Fruit Growers Association in 1904. He sold the ranch to H.G. Crissey (see #10) in 1906, who built the original house at the end of Main Street. In 1908, in an infamous land deal, Crissey sold the house and six-acre ranch for $24,000 to Frank Swisher, who moved his family from Kansas. Swisher was known for the shade trees he planted in Palisade Park - now known as Veterans Memorial Park. It was home to the Kester family from 1919 to 1959. The house was renovated by the McKinley family in the early 2000s.