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The Caracappas Hello Joe! It is fantastic that you showed up! Please take a look at my post #125 as it details my memories from 1966. Your brother Jerry was my cabin counselor the first week in 1966 and he was my favorite counselor during the three years I attended. I still have a picture of...

The Canteen Right on, Jack. It was positively the best cream soda I ever drank and was perfect for washing down a Zero Bar. By the way, I seem to remember that soda was a strange red color as opposed to your clear vintage. Perhaps a change in marketing from the 50's to the 60's? I don't recall...

Camden and Amboy Railroad From Wikipedia: Adams was the first president to be involved in a railroad accident. He was a passenger on a Camden & Amboy train that derailed in the meadows near Hightstown, New Jersey on November 11, 1833. His coach was the one ahead of the first car to derail. He...

Camden and Amboy Railroad Thanks for a great post, Badfish. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Camden and Amboy also had the first train accident in the US. I don't know if a boiler blew or a rod broke but one person was reported killed. On the train at the time was former President...

History Jack - Thanks so much for your efforts to date!

Follow up Great idea, Jack. You would have to assume that the Callahans had years of documents some of which are probably archived somewhere in the K of C. After my literary trip down memory lane yesterday, I retrieved an old photo album that contained some good color photos of the...

More Memories Like others who have done whimsical searches on Camp Columbus, I have come upon all your postings. And like many others, your remembrances have brought back a flood of memories for me. I'd like to add some more: The song lyrics Sean was trying to remember were actually "and the...