Forgotten Names

Many memories are created when one goes to Quaker Meadow Camp. Unfortunately we sometimes forget the people that went into making camp what it is today.

In 1939 Blaine Bronner, pastor of Denair Friends, helped find the location of camp, then called Wheel Meadow. It was an ideal place and centrally located for the Northern Friends Churches and the Southern Friends Churches to gather together. The lake at camp is named Bronner Lake.

Cabin one was one of the first structures built at camp. The lumber for the original building came from trees that were felled at camp. The building was first used as a kitchen until the first dining hall was constructed. Cabin one is called Brown Lodge, named after Clayton Brown. Clayton Brown was pastor at the Friends Church in Los Angeles and instrumental in helping lay out camp.

Cabin 2 is named Lamb Lodge. Ernest Lamb was the superintendent of the Friends churches in California, then called California Yearly Meeting.

Cabin 4 is named Burt Lodge. Charles Burt was a pastor at North Holtville Friends and drove the supplies and campers into camp.


In 1975 a booklet was published retelling the early history of Quaker Meadow Camp (ask for a copy when you are at camp). It is good to look back at the men and women who struggled up the mountain in the 1940’s to build what we enjoy today. God used some incredible people with some incredible skills. Although their names may be forgotten, their impact lives on today.