camp pahoka

[cfiensy1]

I am trying to find out where the site for Camp Pahoka, in Indiana, is or used to be, if it has closed. Also, would there be anything left of the camp--smaller items--that someone could get ahold of, if the camp has closed?

 

cfiensy1

[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.

[RememberSchiff]

@Rickie welcome to scouter.com

[Rickie]

2 hours ago, Rickie said:

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 worshiped him.  His inspiration was one of the reasons I chose a military career as a USAF pilot.  One can Google Earth Camp Pahoka, but it doesn't look anything like it used to be.  the damned up lake is still there, the Pahoka Creek which feeds it.