Rickie

Camp Pahoka, operated by the Buffalo Trace Council of the BSA, has been closed now for many years. It was located in Southern Indiana, on high ground East of the Wabash River North of New Harmony city. I attended summer camp there for many years as a youth, and even worked on the camp staff one whole summer teaching archery. Very well constructed, it had a huge dining hall, several log cabins, a lake with boat house to house canoes, a dock with rowboats, deep and shallow swimming areas, a firearm range for teaching marksmanship, archery range, scoutcraft areas for teaching camping skills and primitive construction techniques, other Scouting skills. It was heaven on earth, in my view. Winter camping in the cabins was allowed as well. Most adult camp staff were teachers, who had summer's off anyway, like the WWII vet marine that ran the firearm range when I worked there. I still remember the round bullet hole scars on his arms and the jagged scar on his body from a mortar blast. He was my mentor and I worshipped him. His inspiration was one of the reasons I chose a military career as a USAF pilot.