Historical Marker

Camp Mc Kenzie (Side 1)

11133 Whitesville Road, about .05 south of Pleasant Valley Road ยท Harris

Georgia marker

Inscription

CAMP MCKENZIE. On this site was Camp McKenzie, a 350 acre tract used for approximately 75 years as the official campsite for the local councils of the Boy Scouts of America. Under the leadership of W. W. McKenzie and Fred H. Schomburg, together with J. Homer Dimon, Jas. B. Key, Dan Joseph, J. Dupont Kirven, H. B. Crowell and J. A. Thomas, Camp McKenzie was incorporated in March 1921.

Through the efforts of Frank G. Lumpkin Sr., Sidney Colquitt and many others, funds were raised to purchase the acreage and to construct facilities. ERECTED BY THE OLE SCOUTS OF CAMP MCKENZIE AND THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION 1999

Location

Address11133 Whitesville Road, about .05 south of Pleasant Valley Road
CountyHarris
StateGeorgia

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