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A quote from Harriet Phelps Youmans' book "Grimsby Park: Historical and Biographical Sketches"."At night the scene was lighted by fires of pine knots and roots, burning upon the six high, square platforms which were placed at intervals around the circle. They were supported on stout posts and were five or six feet high. Strong wooden floors, covered with a foot or more of soil (out of which the grass grew only to blacken and die at meeting time), supported these primitive torches. These fires served a double purpose; they lighted the place very satisfactorily, and the heat counteracted the dampness of the evening air, which was seldom noticed during the long evening meetings."
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1873 was the final year for the one-week summer camp and many changes took place beginning in 1874. |
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