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Alvarado
Al-va-ra-do
Alvarado comes from the name of the park
Contra Costa Council (1923-1932)
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Provided by Richmond City Council for use by Boy Scouts
Richmond, CA
37°57’12.49″N 122°19’25.03″W (click on coordinates for Camp Location)
Contra Costa
1928
1930
1.5 years
Property no longer used when Camp Berkeley (Camp Herms) opened in 1930
Appr 2.5 acres
120 ft
5755 McBryde Ave, Richmond, CA 94805
n/a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvarado_Park
Richmond Council set aside appr 2.5 of partially wooded land on the northwest corner of the park for Boy Scout purposes
Camp Alvarado was a short lived weekend camp of the Richmond District of the Contra Costa Council from 1928 until 1930. The site was a portion of land within Alvarado Park in Richmond located at the North End of Wildcat Canyon. Alvarado Park is still an active park today.
In January 1928, the Richmond Council set aside approximately 2.5 to 3 acres of land on the northwest corner of the park for use by the Boy Scouts as a camp. The location of the plot of land was in a partially wooded area of the park. It was indicated that the Boys planned to plant trees, erect totem poles, build bridges and layout a complete campsite.
The camp did not have any indoor facilities and was used as an overnight camp for different purposes such as Troop Meetings, Courts of Honor and Trainings. In March of 1929 over 350 scouts of the Contra Costa Council used Camp Alvarado for a pageant called, “America in the Days of ’49” where they used an open air stage of trees and grass. The play revolved around the days of the gold miner, the Indian and the American Soldier.
One of the last known uses of the camp was when 50 Scouts attended the “Older Scouts Conference” in October of 1930.
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