Apparently they logged the site not that long before they gave the girl scouts the property because there is a May 21, 1959 Bee article talking about tree planting at camp. It says in fall 1958 the girls planted 300 trees and they were planting 400 the coming weekend. 115 girls from 12 troops were going up to plant (they brought their own lunches).

The May 21, 1959 Bee article also explains the Redwood tree by the CD cabin (the one I label as Redwood on the map because the CD <Camp Director> doesn’t live there any more). Three troops went together to purchase a 6 foot redwood that was to be the beginning of a small grove. The first tree was planted in memory of Carolyn Kaye Ryan a fifth grader at John Muir Elementary and member of troop 237. She died of a brain artery rupture while playing at school in March.

July 5, 1959 has an article about how well the camp is doing their first summer and describes what is on the two sides of the river.

The north side had a few tents but girls were mostly under the stars.

The south side had Grimmett Hall (which was dedicated July 4) which includes the kitchen and dining area, a shower unit (I think this is the camper shower), the camp’s swimming hole, handyman’s quarters and camp director’s quarters. The swimming hole is a triangle shape about 125 feet across the base and water is pumped in from the river.

To be completed the summer of 1959 are another shower unit (staff shower I think), a laundry, an infirmary, cook’s quarters, office quarters, a store and cabins for the youngest campers who are using tents currently.

On the north side was to be another shower unit, leantos for intermediate scouts and meeting houses.

Activities are pretty much the same as the former site about a mile upstream. There are horseback riding, hiking, arts & crafts, swimming, campfire activities, dramatics, taffy pulls and hay rides.

85 girls were at the first session (prior article says that was June 24 – July 6) but they can handle 112 and eventually will accommodate 150.

There are openings in late July & August and cost $31 or $36 (does not say what you get for the extra $4 or if this is for one or two weeks).

Girls wash their dishes in pots & pails and then the dishes are sterilized in the modern stainless steel kitchen (actually the sinks were on the outside of the kitchen – we still did it that way in 1969 when I first went to camp). The camp director said for some girls this is their first experience doing dishes because their homes have automatic dishwashers.

There is a Dec 1958 progress report in the folder. It was probably done by Jo Sullivan. I scanned it and attached it because it has a lot of great info.