York Camp Meeting, Shrewsbury Campground

[miboje]

https://screenshots.firefox.com/5f7lHhAaskCMMhlb/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
Direct link to newspaper: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/l...ting&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

I was talking to my husband last night about what kind of search terms to include when searching the old newspapers, and it just hit me -- camp meetings! These used to be very popular and had quite an attendance and were usually held at the same place for years. I haven't found any for my area that pinpoint the location, but I found this one for York county to share.

 

[doverturtle]

The links say page not found.

 

[Mudflap]

In the 70s I used to look for church campgrounds as in the late 1800 and early 1900s a lot of religious groups has summer campgrounds where they had camp meetings and retreats. Hunted Washington, Green, Fayette, Allegheny counties in Penna. and found a few. Seems like money always fell out of the collection plate somewhere!!!

 

[miboje]

The links say page not found.

Which one? Can you access at least one of them? They are both working for me.

 

[miboje]

In the 70s I used to look for church campgrounds as in the late 1800 and early 1900s a lot of religious groups has summer campgrounds where they had camp meetings and retreats. Hunted Washington, Green, Fayette, Allegheny counties in Penna. and found a few. Seems like money always fell out of the collection plate somewhere!!!

Was it really worth your time? I would imagine one of these would be a good place to hit. There's potential for lost jewelry as well as coins. I am sure the same area was used time and time again, albeit a large area was probably covered. Some of the larger ones were said to have had 200 tents set up, so that was surely a lot of people.

 

[smokeythecat]

Too many sites, not enough time.

 

[doverturtle]

Which one? Can you access at least one of them? They are both working for me.

Never mind, the links are working now. I will have to look into this one when I have some time.