Camp Ground by J. N. L.

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 3, 1875

Camp Ground.

By J. N. L.

A COMPANY from San Francisco and Oakland went to San Rafael, Sunday, May 30, for the purpose of examining grounds recommended for the camp-meeting. We found only one site, having tolerable shade, most of it willow, being about four rods from the Marin Co. Narrow Gage Rail Road, at a point about one mile above the junction of the San Quentin and San Rafael Rail Road with the Narrow Gauge Rail Road. The grove is on the grounds occupied last week by the Second Brigade of Cal., in their State military encampment, and is about two miles above San Rafael.

Persons could get to the ground by San Francisco and San Quentin boats and San Quentin R. R., at 9 A. M. of each day, or by the Saucelito and Marin Co. Narrow Gauge Rail Road each morning. Such are the favorable features of the ground. Now for the unfavorable ones. There is a small stream of water from a mountain spring running through the ground now, but this dries up in July or August, so that by the time we should want the ground in September, we should have to depend on digging wells, and all wells in the vicinity are from sixty to two hundred feet deep. All straw needed we should have to buy by the bale at San Rafael. This latter item, however, we should not mind, if the matter of water could be arranged.

We have learned still further respecting the grounds at Livermore Valley, that in order to get over the mountains between Martinez and the grounds it will require two days' drive with teams, and one of these days over very rough mountain road. So that site looks rather unfavorable. The matter is still undecided where the camp-meeting shall be held. Our attention is called to a location eleven miles east of Oakland, which will be examined and reported upon soon.

J. N. L.