• 1-4 About
  • 1. About This Site
  • 2. Current DCC Issues
  • 3. Sources
  • 4. Maps and Links
• 5-9 Overview To 1939
  • 5. Historical Setting
  • 6. Early Camping 1900 - 1919
  • 7. Dolly Copp In The 1920s
  • 8. Dolly Copp In The 1930s
  • 9. Early Management And Promo
• 10-12 Overview From 1940
  • 10. Dolly Copp In The 1940s
  • 11. Dolly Copp In The 1950s
  • 12. Dolly Copp After 1960
• 13-20 Landmarks South End
  • 13. Dolly Copp Spring
  • 14. Early Picnic Area
  • 15. Saw Mill, Ranger Station
  • 16. Bridges, Trail, Rangers Pool
  • 17. Administration Building
  • 18. End Loop To Birch Lane
  • 19. Riverside Drive Area
  • 20. Homestead And Memorial
• 21-28 Landmarks North End
  • 21. Imp View Lane
  • 22. Hayes Field Drive Area
  • 23. High Fields, High Woods
  • 24. Brook Loop
  • 25. Culhane Homestead Area
  • 26. Little and Big Meadow
  • 27. Old Gatehouse Area
  • 28. Barnes Field, Entrance
• 29-36 Related Features
  • 29. Hayes And Dolly In Old Age
  • 30. Campers Association
  • 31. Around The Campfire
  • 32. Daniel Webster Trail
  • 33. Culhane Brook
  • 34. Hayes Copp Ski Trail
  • 35. Pine Mountain
  • 36. Bedrock In Vicinity
• 37-47 Galleries
  • 37. Camper Photos 1
  • 38. Camper Photos 2
  • 39. Picnic Area, Fireplace
  • 40. Administration Building
  • 41. View From Knoll
  • 42. Carter Notch
  • 43. Imp Face
  • 44. Swimming Pool
  • 45. Mount Madison
  • 46. Old NH Route 16
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37. GALLERY: CAMPER PHOTOS 1

Most of the photos below were donated by campers for display during the USFS's 75th anniversary celebration of the Campground in 1996. Please let me know if you have names of persons, dates of scenes, etc. which will be promptly added to this page.

Early USFS promotional photo for Dolly Copp
Campground. Men can't get away with this today (at least I can't).

Part of the Dolly Copp Pool is in the upper left background.



Dolly Copp's Ranger Smitty.

At center is Robert Ross of Gorham as a CCC worker.

 

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See the 1982 news article
"Dolly Copp Mayor is quite a guy"

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As noted in earlier sections one of the formative forces for the creation of Dolly Copp Campground was its excellent location as a base for climbing New England's highest peaks nearby.

Climbers remain a significant component of Dolly Copp campers today, either driving a short distance to a trail head or accessing the Presidential Range directly from the Campground.

Dolly Copp campers Mark and Elizabeth Lewonis of Lovell,
Maine, on the summit of nearby Mount Madison. See full photo.

Mark and Elizabeth assisted this history project in 2009 by locating the gravestone of Hayes Copp and forwarding a photo for use on this site. According to Mark and Elizabeth:

We have stayed at Dolly Copp Campground several times. Elizabeth and I are accomplished NH 4000 foot club peak baggers and we stayed at Dolly Copp Campground to hike Mount Madison to complete the list.

The morning of our hike a great horned owl swooped down to a branch not more than eight feet from us and winked at us. So I guess perhaps that Dolly the host in spirit wished us luck that day.

We welcome anyone that wants to email (mr_mark@gotsky.com) and discuss Dolly Copp Campground or hiking or anything for that matter. We are always willing to expand our network.

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Photo and text below from Jay Milliken in 2009:

Here is a photo of long time camper Gus Spurr, originally from Maine, now living in Florida. He has been coming to Dolly Copp for over fifty years.

Gus Spurr playing his trumpet in Hayes Field in 1968.

The story is he would play his trumpet every night that he was camped in Hayes Field. The campers would bring their chairs to his site and make requests of songs and sing along with his trumpet playing. He would start off with playing about three quarters of an hour before dusk.

The trumpet playing ended a few years ago but Gus has an electric piano now and runs it by a generator. Many campers over the years have enjoyed his entertainment while camping at Dolly Copp.

 

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