CAMP PEEP-OUT - 1935 to (19??)
at Bowman's Bluff
at Bowman's Bluff
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Pictured below, a 1938 postcard of CAMP PEEP-OUT
Local sources say that this girls and boys summer camp was located on the former George H. Holmes (1833 - 1910) estate of the Welsh Colony, Big Willow. Location to be verified. The privately owned, 35 acre property was once known as the French Willow Farm, on the French Broad River and Cummings Road. |
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The postcard above is from Mrs. T. M. Abbott, the camp manager, to Mr. Weldon Blythe (Sherrill Weldon Blythe 1901 - 1952, Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery).
Postmarked Nov 18, 1938, Charlotte, Mrs. Abbott writes to Mr. Weldon Blythe: "Thank you for your card. Yes, Please you keep peepy for me, I would rather have him there with you. Hope you are well and happy. Very truly, Mrs. T. M. Abbott" Perhaps "Peepy" is the mule pulling the wagon load of campers. Who is the woman in the photo? She may be Mrs. T. M. Abbott of Charlotte, the manager of the camp who is mentioned in the 1937 Times-News clipping. The children in the wagon are not identified at this time. Camp Peep-Out was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jones McCrary Camp Manager was Mrs. Theodore M. Abbott of Charlotte |
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11 Mar 1936, Times-News
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30 May 1935, Times-News
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2 June 1937, Times-News
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10 June 1938, Asheville Citizen Times
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4 Aug 1937, The Robesonian
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