Camp Pinnacle
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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
