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1900’s
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1904: Dr. Charles Alexander Robinson purchases land on Long Pond
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1905: Summer school students and staff from Peekskill Military Academy make up bulk of first camp family
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1907: Camp season runs from July 1 - Sept. 1
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1910’s
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1912: First “Fast Marcy” trip
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1914-15: Condit Eddy and David MacCready serve as Co-Headmasters
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1918: Original dining hall completed
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1920’s
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1920: 208 boys attend camp
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1921: Camp song is written
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1928: Full season camp tuition is $125
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1930’s
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1934: Sadie Robinson, wife of “Doc Robby”, passes away
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1938: Skip Storer starts canoeing program at camp
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1940’s
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1942: H.T. Swan enlists in the Army; Serves overseas in ‘44
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1946: Dr. C.A. Robinson passes away; Colonel and Sarah Swan assume directorship of camp
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1949: Last of James’s 45 summers as camp chef
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1950’s
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1954: Camp celebrates 50th anniversary
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1955: Duane Nash becomes first Pok-O Adirondack 46er
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1956: Phil Corell’s first of 50 consecutive summers at camp
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1960’s
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1960: New dining hall, “Robinson Hall” is dedicated. At the time, it was the second largest A-frame in the Adirondacks.
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1960: First “Ski Week” is held
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1963: Col. and Sarah Swan become advisory directors; Jack Swan takes over as Director
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1967: First season for Camp MacCready for girls
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1968: World “See-Saw” record is broken by two campers
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1970’s
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1970: Full Season tuition is $775
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1972: Ed Palen and Sharp Swan climb the 46 in record 7 days; in 1977, they would break their own record by two days
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1973: 1812 Homestead is officially dedicated
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1975: Sarah Robinson Swan, “Aunt Sarah”, passes away
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1975: Pok-O-MacCready Outdoor Education Center opens
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1978: Camp Pok-O-Moonshine and Camp MacCready become “Pok-O-MacCready Camps”
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1980’s
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1983: Colonel H.T. Swan passes away
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1984: Adirondack Scholarship Foundation established
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1990’s
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1990: Ken “Squeaky” Herz begins record 13-year run as a section head
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1995: Jean Sidaras steps down following 23 years as director of Camp MacCready
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1999: Pok-O-MacCready Conference Center Opens
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2000’s
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2003: Jack Swan becomes President of Pok-O-MacCready; Sharp Swan takes over as Director
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2004: Pok-O-MacCready Camps celebrate 100th Anniversary
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2005: First year of Alumni & Family Camp-
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2009: Indoor-Outdoor Climbing Center opens
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2010’s
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2011: Jack Swan’s 80th summer at camp
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