Historical Marker
Mary White
Mayhill, Otero County · New Mexico
The camp the panel calls one of America's earliest Girl Scout camps is no longer a Girl Scout camp. It was last used in 2003, the year former campers formed the Friends of Camp Mary White, and in 2006 the Girl Scouts of the USA sold it. The Friends spent a decade bringing Ingham Hall and the cabins up to code and reopened it as a private girls' camp, with its first formal season reported in 2016; many campers come from West Texas.
What the plaque says
Official Scenic Historic Marker Mary White (1894-1988) In 1927, "Miss Mary" established one of the earliest Girl Scout camps in America and the first in New Mexico. Situated on 200 acres in Otero County, a stately pine lodge, Ingham Hall, nestles amid cabins and outbuildings of Camp Mary White. Generations of girls, who learned stewardship of nature and community at the camp, continue to be energized as activists by Mary White's pioneer spirit.
Where it stands
32.85346, -105.54005 · Directions
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