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Silver Heights Camp was originally envisioned and established by James H. Conner. His vision of a holiness camp near New Albany, Indiana
came to fruition in the year 1888. He envisioned a place where people of faith could gather to worship together and experience the peacefulness and serenity of the surrounding countryside.
The first camp was held under the shade and welcome of a large canvas tent. The horse and buggies tied to available tree and post surrounded this and other tents that provided shelter and offered food. The camps popularity increased by word of mouth and by 1892 a large wooden Tabernacle had been built to seat the 2,500 attendees.
Silver Heights thrived as people traveled from both near and far to join in the annual holiness camps. In 1909, an estimated 10,000 people attended the camp. Cabins were built to accommodate campers, as was a two-story summer hotel that featured 21 rooms. Eventually 31 single cabins, a grocery and a dining hall were added. Later, a five-room army barrack was sent from Camp Taylor, Kentucky. In 1954 a preacher's cabin was completed. The last major construction at the camp came in 1961 and 1963 with the addition of new boys' and girls' dormitories. |
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