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A special place.

By John Narrin

Real Estate Agent with ECO-Steward Realty

February 18, 2008 12:47 PM

Greetings AR photography group,

Last Saturday, I had another opportunity to participate in showing a special property: Camp Sequoyah. Founded in the mid twenties, the camp motto was/is "Camp Sequoyah: a camp with a purpose". It's a special place & one can sense the history: in the old hand hewn cabins, in the numerous camper folk art door paintings, and especially in the stacks & stacks of hand inscribed plaques, created by the campers & staff over the many years.

Well, I could go on and on as I really love the place and sincerely wish Camp Sequoyah could once again fulfill it's stated mission.

Perhaps you may sense a bit of the essence of this apparent obsolescence in this image I shot.

John T. Narrin,

Broker, Eco-Steward A Pole Without a Purpose Weaverville, N.C.

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ASHEVILLE REALTY REFERRAL RESOURCE 828-776-0779

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You wrote, " of the essence of this apparent obsolescence ..." interesting choice of words...especially when sustainability is something we always find interesting... =) Love your photo! Is it a "real" totem pole? or one constructed at the camp?

Feb 19, 2008 02:11 AM

John Narrin

ECO-Steward Realty - Asheville, NC

Thank you for taking the time to comment, Miss janeAnne.

How about that other sentence: stacks & stacks of hand inscribed plaques. Two rhymes. Hmm.

Anyhoo, I don't know the history of the pole but my guess is it was carved there. Perhaps it was a gift. I suppose one could go to the Camp Sequoyah website to find out. See: www.campsequoyah.org. There are lots of historical archived photographs & stories.

Thanks again,

Love your work,

J.T.

Feb 19, 2008 08:38 AM

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Charles Buster

I worked on the camp staff in the summer of 1966 and it is still a very special place in my memory. Many years later, I ran across a friend in boy scouting and mentioned Camp Sequoyah and he said he went there as a boy. This friend was quite a bit older than me so he was one of the older alumni. The year I worked at Camp Sequoyah, we had boys from 25 states and 5 foriegn countries. One foriegn country represented was by "Pop's" grandson from Alaska. Yep, Alaska was a territory then. Many fond memories.

Dec 26, 2008 11:23 AM