Camp fire girls

Explore contrarymary's 1885 photos on Flickr!

The Camp Fire Girls was informally started in 1910 as the sister organization to the Boy Scouts of America. Luther Halsey Gulick and his wife Charlotte established Camp WoHeLo (“WOrk, HEalth, and LOve”), a camp for girls, on Lake Sebago, near South Casco, Maine. There were seventeen maidens at the camp in the summer of

Camp Fire Girl is a gripping and poignant account of one woman's harrowing journey through the deadliest wildfire in California's history. Written by a courageous nurse who faced the inferno head-on, this book offers a personal perspective on the heart-wrenching experience of surviving a wildfire disaster. $0.99 on Kindle.

Explore contrarymary's 1885 photos on Flickr!

Scans from Your Symbols Book , Camp Fire Girls Inc. (1966)

CAMP-FIRE GIRLS In the ALLEGHANYMOUNTAINS or A CHRISTMAS SUCCESS AGAINST ODDS

When we decided to write this post it came as a strange surprise to see how many women we knew come forward with their own memories of being a Camp Fire Girl. In fact, to any devotee of Camp Fire Girls (or its younger group called Blue Birds), the biggest mistake you can make is to equate the organization with the now better known Girl Scouts (or Brownies). It is a mistake that is a bit unfair considering Camp Fire actually came before Girl Scouts. Actually, it was born from the fact that…

Explore StampFireGirl's 7 photos on Flickr!

Camping crochwt camp fire woods natire coffee camp girls camping

Colorized version of the daily flag raising in June 1966 at Camp Tanadoona, a Camp Fire Girls camp in Chanhassen, Minnesota.