Category: Camp History
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Fifty Years
50th Summer CelebrationFor the past several years the photos, videos, and audio recordings have been collected in preparation for this celebration. The 50th year has arrived and a committee is working on the celebration plans. This site was an early attempt to organize a storage and retrieval site for all camp media. All photos have…
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1960s
Camp Horizon is prepariing to celebrate fifty years of Camp Horizon (Leesburg FL). The fact is that Camp Horizon has existed for over sixty years. There was a group in the sixties, primarily from Emmaus Bible School, that came to Florida to encourage active assemblies, plant new assemblies, and do evangelistic work. These were called…
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1965-1970 Orange Springs
The Orange Springs camp was developed after the name changed to Camp Horizon. Following the model of other assembly camps, cabin sites were sold on or near the camp property. Among those that purchases lots were the Conlon family of Hollywood and the Bradford family of Miami. The Bradford family owned their lots at least…
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1971-1972 A New Organization
Any photos from Lake Swan are mixed in with the 1970s. From the documents below, it appears that there was no camp program in 1971. After a series of meetings, Lake Swan was announced as the location for a summer youth program in 1972. REORGANIZATION A second meeting was held at the Hiawassa Hills Chapel…
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1970-1995 Anniversary Tribute
Wendell McGregor wrote this on the occasion of twenty years of Camp Horizon at Leesburg (1995). He presented this as an oral presentation and copies were sent to board members. This version was reconstructed from a scan and there are some minor edits that do not change the meaning. Some of the documents mentioned in…