Cheley Camp Tour

by Bob Koropp

by Castle Mountain Lodge on Fall River

by Jesse Speer

by Bob Koropp

Estes Park was a sleepy mountain town in 1921 when Frank Cheley founded Cheley Colorado Camps as the Bear Lake Trail School at Bear Lake in Rocky Mountain National Park. Just 24 campers attended that first year. By 1926, the camp grew to accommodate 60 boys who swam in the lake and ate meals at the Bear Lake Lodge. By 1927, the camp outgrew the available space and the Cheley Colorado Camps moved to its present location off of Fish Creek Road, where its legacy continues today. Join in this tour of the camp that now hosts more than 1,000 campers annually. Reservations necessary. Reservations accepted at the Estes Park Museum beginning August 1.

Free for members, $5 for non members. 10am - approximately 12:30p, 09/13/08, Estes Park Museum, 200 4th Street, 970-586-6256, www.estesnet.com/museum

Dates

• Saturday September 13, 2008

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