Camp Sapphire for Boys

Camp Sapphire for Boys, 1914-194?

Location: Camp Straus, Brevard
Owners: "Captain" William McKinnon Fetzer, Robert Allison Fetzer
Other Information: Sold to Ecusta Paper Corporation in 1945 and became Camp Straus.  First 4th of July Picnic held at Camp Sapphire was in 1942 (Ecusta Echo, June 1942).

Sources:

Ormand, Rev. Ben F.   A History and Some Tales of Camp Carolina.  Brevard, NC: Ben F. Ormand, 1990?

Ecusta Echo, June 1942

Box 5.  Camps.   Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library

MJM Box 26.  Camps.  Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room, Transylvania County Library          

For additional information on Summer Camps of Transylvania County visit the
Rowell Bosse North Carolina Room on the second floor of the Transylvania County Library.