Privilege in the Park

Privilege in the Park (HM1HWT)

Location: Fish Creek, WI 54212 Door County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 8.692', W 87° 14.514'

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Camp Meenahga 1916-1948

What was summer like in Door County in the early 1900s? If you were a local girl, you might clean rooms at a family hotel or help with farm chores. Perhaps you would tend to younger siblings. If old enough, you might even work at Camp Meenahga.

Camp Meenahga was located across Shore Road. Camp Meenahga girls spent summer differently than young women of Door County. For eight weeks, at a cost of $350 (1924), campers had a "vacation from fashions and abnormal excitement." They studied dance, wood lore, sewing and "no more than one strenuous" activity, perhaps horseback riding.

Many came from St. Louis. Once here, they enjoyed a daily swim and home-cooked meals. Farms, still located within Peninsula State Park at the time, provided fresh vegetables and milk.

Walk across Shore Road to Skyline Trail and look for signs of Camp Meenahga. Can you see the foundations of the barn-turned-camp lodge? Walk further, watching for a stone fence that the Evenson family likely built when they farmed this site around 1900. Imagine sounds of laughter in the nearby tennis court as carefree girls learned the art of friendly competition.

"In 1916, I conceived the idea of a girls camp," wrote Alice Orr Clark in her journal, "It was certainly up to me to find some work I could do." Mrs. Clark, a single woman from an affluent St. Louis family, established Camp Meenahga with close friend Francis Woodward Mabley.
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Date Added Wednesday, November 19th, 2014 at 5:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 480982 N 4999071
Decimal Degrees45.14486667, -87.24190000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 8.692', W 87° 14.514'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 8' 41.52" N, 87° 14' 30.84" W
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Area Code(s)920
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 9649 Shore Rd, Fish Creek WI 54212, US
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