Author: Historian
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March 2025
We took a break from collecting and organizing media this month. The software on the server that has hosted the CampHorizon.org site for much of the past twenty-five years is now obsolete. Websites that depended on a newer database version began to load slowly then they no longer loaded at all. The vendor’s support team…
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1970-1995 Anniversary Tribute
Wendell McGregor wrote this on the occasion of twenty years of Camp Horizon at Leesburg (1995). He presented this as an oral presentation and copies were sent to board members. This version was reconstructed from a scan and there are some minor edits that do not change the meaning. Some of the documents mentioned in…
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1971-1972 A New Organization
Any photos from Lake Swan are mixed in with the 1970s. From the documents below, it appears that there was no camp program in 1971. After a series of meetings, Lake Swan was announced as the location for a summer youth program in 1972. REORGANIZATION A second meeting was held at the Hiawassa Hills Chapel…
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1965-1970 Orange Springs
The Orange Springs camp was developed after the name changed to Camp Horizon. Following the model of other assembly camps, cabin sites were sold on or near the camp property. Among those that purchases lots were the Conlon family of Hollywood and the Bradford family of Miami. The Bradford family owned their lots at least…
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The Sixties
Camp Horizon is prepariing to celebrate fifty years of Camp Horizon (Leesburg FL). The fact is that Camp Horizon has existed for over sixty years. There was a group in the sixties, primarily from Emmaus Bible School, that came to Florida to encourage active assemblies, plant new assemblies, and do evangelistic work. These were called…
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February 2025
In the past two months several missing years and sessions have been discovered and uploaded. We are beginning to pull out the “Prints” (Cabin, Staff, Speaker, Director) photos so that guests do not have to sift through hundreds of program photos to find them. The category and album designation “random” is being replaced by “program”.…
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January 2025
January 2025Camp-pix.com maxed out storage for the third time in a year. This required a few days offline while nearly 10,000 images were migrated to a larger cloud storage. The latest additions include 1965-1970 at Orange Springs. Additional 1976 (first year in Leesburg), and several sessions in the 2000s. A 2003 Junior vídeo was located…
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Fifty Years
For the past several years the photos, videos, and audio recordings have been collected in preparation for this celebration. The 50th year has arrived and a committee is working on the celebration plans.
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Summer 2025
June 2025 – Many new files have been uploaded (photos and videos). This post includes an inventory of missing photos and videos.
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May 2025
Call For Memories The Fifty Years Celebration is scheduled for August 30, 2025. There are several projects in progress to make that day special. You can help! CAMP COUPLESDid you meet at camp, or become a couple at camp? Submit your photos and a short comment or description. You can send a camp photo or…