Difference between revisions of "Camp Pinnacle"

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Camp Pinnace located on Pinnacle Road

Harriet (Kibbie) Christie founder of Camp Pinnacle in 1898, believed to be the first girl's camp in the world.
Harriet thru the years
Lucy Jones a friend of Harriets who worked for the girls camp her entire life
Time Line for Camp Pinnacle
The Story of Camp Pinnacle
Camp Poster
The way to Pinnacle
Cassidy's Castle home of Camp Pinnacle in the early years. Located off of Old Stage Road above Altamont, buildings were demolished in later years and now It is the location of Camp Lovejoy.
Our home away from home in the early days
Camp Tent in the summer of 1915
Cassidy's Castle
Page from a scrapbook kept by a camper in 1927
The camp in 1913 in East Berne
The "Robin's Nest" page 1
The "Robin's Nest" pages 2&3
The Kitchen and Dining room
The back porch of "Christies"
At Warner's Lake in 1914
Camp Pinnacle Board of Directors for 1913
Camps first experience with a bus in 1917
Wagon used to transport campers from the train station to "Cassidy's Castle"
A 25 year change at Pinnacle, 1925-1950
Frieda Murden's letter page 1.jpg

Frieda Murden's letter about camp life
Frieda Murden's letter page 2.jpg

Frieda Murden's letter about camp life
A camp scene from 1914
1914 at Pinnacle, showing tents and campers
Camp Pinnacle post office
Three campers at camp in period clothing for the 1920s
The dining hall at camp
Laundry day at camp
Camp directors Miss Seamon, Mrs.Harriet Christie, Miss Lucy Jones
Girls leaving camp, Lucy Jones and Harriet Christie are standing in front of the bus
Winter at Camp Pinnacle
First page from the log of Shirley Neff Wood in 1929
Second page from the log of Shirley Neff Wood in 1929
Third page from the log of Shirley Neff Wood in 1929
Daily schedule for 1928 & 1929 from the log of Shirley Neff Wood
Map with directions to Camp Pinnacle drawn by Shirley Neff Wood in 1929
Girls from Camp Pinnacle in Thacher Park
Girls from Camp Pinnacle in Thacher Park
Girls from Camp Pinnacle in Thacher Park
Tent housing in East Berne in 1913
Girls would walk 2 miles to take a swim here on property owned by the camp
Girls from Camp Pinnacle, under the water falls, the first year camp existed in 1898 in Thacher Park.
Cassidy's Castle on the Altamont Hill, used by the girls camp in the early 1900s, this is the current location of Camp Lovejoy on Old Stage Rd.. The original Castle has been taken down.
Early 1913 postcard of Young Womans Camp at Altamont, photo from Willard Osterhout collection
Message on the back of 1913 postcard,photo from Willard Osterhout collection
Bus leaving the Lake View Cottage on Warner Lake,from the Camp Pinnacle collection
Campers on the Indian Ladder Trail
Girls at the YWSC at Altamont, Cassidy's Castle.
YWSC at Cassidy's Castle
A group of campers
The swimming pool
A view of the castle
The "Robin's Nest."
Junior campers cabin
Camp Store
Picture of headquarters