CAMP ESSELEN

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1938 - 1953
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park

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After Camp Wing was abandoned in 1937 Camp Esselen was constructed in another part of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and occupied during summer months.
 
Program handicaps, proximity to civilization, and conflicts of jurisdiction, forced council to request State of California to make reimbursement of the council's $8,000 investment in Camp Esselen, which was done in August of 1945.
 
Camp Esselen continued to be used from 1946 to 1953 for three to four weeks during summer months until the opening of Camp Pico Blanco in 1954.
 
 

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Picture of Ralph Reader. His grandson, Phil Reader was the 1990 Program Director at Pico Blanco.

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Administration Building with office ,store, and supply room under one roof

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Kitchen at Camp Esselen

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Troop 45 from Salinas at Camp Esselen

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Stove at Troop campsite in Camp Esselen

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Amphitheatre at Camp Esselen

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Catholic Mass at Camp Esselen

 
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