Toke Point, which is on the western edge of Tokeland, was first inhabited by Shoalwater Creek tribespeople before 1850. Then, gold prospector George H. Brown and his family homesteaded 1400 acres of the land and operated several farms and traded with the local tribes. The Kindred family spoke Chinook and Lizzie Brown grew up speaking this language. In 1898, the Kindred family built a two-story farmhouse on the land, and in 1915, Lizzie and her husband William Kindred became postmasters.