Official copy of the opening campfire story, from the Camp Fairmarsh files, as written in 1944

Camp Fairmarsh was built on a portion of the lands of an Indian tribe whose name has been lost to the mists of history. Some people say that the land itself is haunted by the ghosts of those Indians, who died hundreds of years ago. Some even say that those Indians are buried beneath our very feet!

The name of the camp comes from the conditions of the area near the lake when the camp was first founded. Bess Danaher Raddish, our founder, wrote in her diary “this place is quite damp, but in the morning, when all is touched with dew, it is glorious.” With the help of her husband, Anthony Raddish, she directed workmen to drain the marshy lands near the lake and create a place that has b...

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