the Federal Government was busy preparing to buy out the landowners
in the area - including Mendy and Harold.
They sent appraisers to take pictures, draw diagrams and measure
all the buildings on every property.
Due to some unbelievable "luck" (Don Stieh from the WHS and
Michelle Jacques from the NPS), we have those original pictures and diagrams to look at.
So, if you want to see what was written on the stone pillars at the entrance to Camp, find out how tall the handball court was, see the
Dining Hall or count how many walls the Roundhouse had...
download the PDF and have a look.
(click on the image to download a PDF of the Property Appraisal Pix)
3 comments:
wow! What a great find this is. Randy you continue to amaze us
This is tremendous. How neat is it to see pictures of camp during the winter? Seeing the pictures brings back many wonderful memories of summer life at Camp Pokono-Ramona.
The kills me that they went to this much trouble, bought out the owners, and ended up in a stalemate with the environmentalists over the plan to flood the area, ultimately ending where the property is today. Cool photos for sure, guess they were in a big rush to be up there in the dead of winter as shown.
Anyone know the sales price of the land in 1973? Whatever the number, it was a steal.
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