[philmont] old maps and old camps

Thanks! Very interesting information. I will look into getting a copy of
the Philmanack.

Joe
JAJansenJr@gmail.com

>From: bill55@comcast.net
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>Subject: [philmont] old maps and old camps
>Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:46:54 +0000
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>Re: Names of camps. A resource for this type of information is Rock
>Rohrbacker's book Philmanack, available at Tooth of Time Traders.
>Rohrbacker has been a seasonal employee for decades and claims to have
>camped at every Philmont camp, past and present, active and inactive. He
>can be contacted at 420 S. Cass St, Delphos, Ohio,45833.
>
>Of the camps Joe mentioned, Four Mile is four miles from Ponil, Metcalf
>Canyon camp is in Metcalf canyon, which branches off Ponil canyon to the
>northeast just upstream of Old Camp The canyon is named for a Deputy
>Sheriff ambushed during the Colfax county wars. Wilson Mesa was probably
>atop Wilson mesa, believed (according to Rohrbacker) to have been named for
>W.P. Wilson, a captain attached to the Cimarron Indian Agency.
>
>Clarks Fork-no idea. Harlan-named (according to Rock) for Thomas Harlan,
>chief proponent of the St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railroad,
>which ran up Cimarron canyon to Ute Park. Ponil (again, according to R.R.)
>is named after a plant called Apache Plume, which has five points, like the
>five canyons that spread out from Ponil, which was known as Five Points in
>the original Philturn Rockymountain Scout Camp of 1938. Cook Canyon Camp
>named for the canyon named for Deputy Sheriff George W. Cook, who was
>active in evicting "squatters" from the Maxwell Co. lands in the Ponil
>canyon vicinity.
>
>Crags is named for its excellent view of The Crags, the collapsed volcanic
>cone of Crater Peak. This formation is also prominently visible from Fish
>Camp. The Crags was one of Waite Phillips' favorite fishing holes and is a
>beautiful camp. See the Philmont Field Guide chapter on geology for a
>geologic tour of the Rayado Canyon from Abreu to Fish Camp, including the
>Crags and the Fowler fault. Recommended pre-trek reading for all who will
>have this hike on their trek.
>
>All for now.
>
>Bill Sheehan, ASM
>Troop 55, Pitman, NJ
>Philmont '70,'72, Autumn Adventure '01,'03,'05
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