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Omar's cabin is located on the path that runs past the office and into [[upper camp]]. The building is currently used as a [[staff cabin]], although this is just the most recent use of the building.
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All of the profiles below are based on interviews by campers in the summer of 2012. Thank you to all friends of the Birch Rock Historical Society.  
  
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In the 1980s and the early half of the 1990s, the building was known as the "Upper Shop." The upper shop held the power tools for the woodshop program and was used primarily by Donn Munn and the maintenance staff.  By the late 1990s the woodshop program was not being offered as a regular activity. The building was used for tool and equipment storage and other assorted small projects such as working on the [[plaques]].
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*Find out how Thomas pranked [[Robert Donahue]] for four summers
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*Read about Birch Rock through [[Don Munn]]'s eyes
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*Read about the living legend [[Dave Weeks]] and all that he has done for the Rock
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From Ron Mattson, the first [[Field Director]], come these famous moments in Birch Rock [[baseball]] history.
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After the summer of '94, the [[Lodge]] was jacked and had the patio area torn away.  Then it was placed back down on a new cement foundation. This marked a new chapter for Birch Rock.  Since then Birch Rock's numbers and support has grown.  This was a pivotal moment for modern day Birch Rock.
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*In the 1970s, counselor Hub Burton, a future minor league baseball announcer, would keep a running commentary throughout each period of baseball.  On hot days, he would claim that the hill was, “Hotter than Busch Stadium in July.”
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*In 1981, the Birch Rock team beat Camp Skylemar on the road at Camp Skylemar.
 
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Getting Started

  • Look up your favorite things at Birch Rock and learn a little more about them. If you don't know what to look up, try the random page link.
  • Register an account by clicking the link in the top right. Once registered you can write and edit pages.
  • Read some help pages to learn how to better use Birocapedia.
  • Write an article about an aspect of Birch Rock like your favorite activity, your last cabin, or anything that you think merits an article.
  • Browse the pages that have already been made and add to them.
  • If you don't know what to write a page about, look at the list of wanted pages.

Featured Articles: Profiles by the Birch Rock Historical Society

All of the profiles below are based on interviews by campers in the summer of 2012. Thank you to all friends of the Birch Rock Historical Society.

Featured Facts: When Was The Lodge Reconstruction?

The Lodge Under Construction

After the summer of '94, the Lodge was jacked and had the patio area torn away. Then it was placed back down on a new cement foundation. This marked a new chapter for Birch Rock. Since then Birch Rock's numbers and support has grown. This was a pivotal moment for modern day Birch Rock.

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Josh Church and Justin Ingold, Moose River, '88
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