Camping History

With the emergence of the US industrial revolution in the late 19th century, Americans began seeking ways to get out of their smoke filled cities in search of the great wilderness they grew up with. It's around this time that the first youth camps and resorts were founded. In 1872 Yellowstone National Park was established to give Americans a little treat of the untamed wilderness that was quickly vanishing during those times. In the early 1930's, with the great depression, many American males were enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps, and with the corps came the development of hundreds of state parks and forests for the enjoyment of citizens that couldn't make the trek to a national park.

After WWII Americans again wanted peace and they found it in the wilderness. Camping became an American pastime. Today, with 24-news, the internet, and information moving at the speed of light, the wilderness resorts and camps we grew up with is once again our sanctuary of peace and Tradition Creek is honored to outfit those that still take to the mighty forests, the barren deserts, the heavenly mountains in search of whatever they set out to find.

Welcome to Tradition Creek!