DUANE
The story
Held each year since 1890. Founded by Rev. W.
B. Bloys, a Presbyterian. His camp pulpit was an Arbuckle Coffee crate.
First campers, 48 people from remote ranches and towns, slept in tents, wagons. Family groups had chuck-box meals, sharing with guests. Some 1,500 attend mid-August meetings today.
Still nothing is ever sold in camp. Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Methodists and Presbyterians incorporated the Cowboys' Camp Meeting in 1902. Site, Skillman Grove, has been a camp ground since the 1850s.
Elevation is about 6,000 feet.