A simple place and
home to 'nearly unspeakable practices', according to
one servant in the Grove (whatever that means).
There are no known bigwigs residing in this
seemingly quite simple tent camp.
2.
Aviary
Aviary, the largest
camp, is comprised almost exclusively of associate
members who are part of the chorus. Supposedly, it
has one of the finest fireplaces in the Grove. Some
companies represented are Arscott, Norton &
Associates, Lam Research Corporation, Compass
Technology Partners, General Mills and McKesson,
Finances, Provigo Corporation, and Bay View Bank.
3.
Bald Eagle
Not enough info.
4.
Band
The Band Camp is for
members of the different bands.
5.
Bohemia
A very old camp. It
is possible it doesn't exist anymore.
6.
Bromley
A place where
unsortable visitors end up spending the night.
7.
Camels
Not enough info.
8.
Cave Man
Notable for big-deal
right-wingers and a plaque commemorating Herbert
Hoover. It's often called 'Hoover Camp'.
Council on Foreign
Relations leadership, Trilateral Commission,
Bilderberg, AIG, Federal Reserve, United California
Bank, Scripp Howard broadcasting and newspaper
business, United Press, Hoover Institution, Stanford
University, Department of State, U.S. presidency,
Lockheed, Chase Manhattan, Alaska State Bank,
British Petroleum, Clear Channel, GAINSCO Inc.,
United Airlines, Pacific Telephone (now part of
SBC), General Dynamics, United California Bank, Dart
Industries, Carter-Hawley-Hale Stores, Dean Witter
Reynolds & Co, and Pauley Petroleum.
9.
Cliff Dwellers
Not enough info.
10.
Cool-Nazdar
Not enough info.
11.
Crossroad
Not enough info.
12.
Cuckoo's Nest
Not enough info.
13.
Derelicts
Low profile members.
14.
Dog House
They have a Beer and
Beans party after every Cremation of Care.
15.
Doom
Not enough info.
16.
Dragon
1 member involved in
some heavy Russian politics together with Mandalay
members. 2 persons with Standard Oil of California,
another from the Business Committee (also worked
with a Rockefeller).
17.
Druids
Not enough info.
18.
El Toro II
Not enough info.
19.
Faraway
Not enough info.
20.
Fore Peak
The special drink of
that camp is called 'Nembutal', a mixture of rum and
hot chocolate.
21.
Friends of the Fores
Scripps-Howard
newspaper, Cooley Godward LLP, Sutter Hill Ventures,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Hewlett
Foundation, RAND Corporation, Basic American Inc.,
Levi Strauss Company.
22.
Green Mask
Humble Oil and
Refining Company, Carter Oil Company, Continental
Oil Company (Conoco).
23.
Halcyon
Grove's finest
library of classics.
24.
Haven
Low-level camp.
25.
Hermits
Not enough info.
26.
Hideaway
It has a classic oil
painting of a nude woman, where artists add one gray
hair per year.
Caltech, MIT, (president of) Carnegie-Mellon
University, (president of) Rockefeller University,
(chairman of) Rockefeller Foundation, George
Marshall Institute, Scientific Advisory Board,
Consultative Group on International Agricultural
Research and the 'Mexican green revolution', Chief
Scientist of the Air Force, United Aircraft
Corporation, Space Technology Laboratories, TRW
Inc., US-USSR Commission on S&T Cooperation,
US-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation.
27.
Highlanders
Hewlett Packard
Corporation (co-founder - HP is the largest employer
in Sonoma County), ACR Group.
28.
Hill Billies
Lot's of politics.
CBS, couple of Skull & Bones figures (By the
mid-1980s, half of the 26 members were graduates of
Yale), Bechtel, Bank of America, Export-Import Bank
of the United States, World Bank, Morgan Stanley,
Blyth Eastman Dillon, Eastern Airlines, United
Nations, Westinghouse Electric, Bessemer Securities
Corporation, UNOVA, NASA, National Geographic,
biotech companies as Amgen, Lynx & Xoma, AP Pharma,
Inc., Pherin Corporation (biotech), Searle & Company
(sold to Monsanto), Gilead Sciences, Inc.
(pharmaceutical), Procter & Gamble, General Motors,
Southern Pacific, RAND Corporation, Metromedia,
Mutual Life Insurance of New York, the
Carlyle Group, Stephens Investment Management LLC, RS
Investments, BF Goodrich Company (supplier to
aerospace and defense industry), Fremont Group,
Forbes, National Review Magazine and a few
journalists, Investments, Ltd., MetLife Series
Mutual Funds, Stanford / Chicago / California / Duke
Universities, President's Council of Economic
Advisers, National Bureau of Economic Research,
Business Roundtable, Hoover Institution, Council on
Foreign Relations, Atlantic Institute for
International Affairs, Bilderberg, Trilateral
Commission.
29.
Hillside
Joint Chiefs of
Staff, US navy admiral, Hawaii Space Development
Authority, Council on Foreign Relations.
30.
Howeller
Not enough info.
31.
Hualapai
Not enough info.
32.
Interlude
Wine and cheese
party to commemorate Bastille Day.
33.
Iron Ring
Not enough info.
34.
Isle of Aves
Justice and defense
departments of the US government, Homestake Mining
Company (merged with Barrick Gold Corporation in
2001), Bechtel, American Mining Congress, World Gold
Council, Western Business Roundtable, Clark Cali and
Negranti (law firm), Clark Company (CA real estate),
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, CIA and other
intelligence (several decades back anyway), a
psychopatic-gay-non-businessman in the form of John
E. Du Pont (who has been convicted for murder), at
least one school system reformer, Forbes, Wells
Fargo and Company, Banc of America, World Banking
Group, Northrop Grumman, Chiron Corporation
(biotech), Hoover Institution. (The last 6
institution are represented by only one person),
Caltech, California Council on Science and
Technology.
35.
Jinks Band
Not enough info.
36.
Jungle
Not enough info.
37.
Ladera
Not enough info.
38.
Land of Happiness
Baker & Daniels (law
firm on environmental issues), a member who donates
on a personal bases to environmental causes and also
represents UPBancorp Inc., Vancouver Foundation and
the Council of Forest Industries, Corporate
Governance and Pension Committee and the Human
Resources Committee, Lignum Investments Ltd.,
Scotiabank, Riverside Forest Products Ltd.,
Bombardier Inc., someone with an Order of Canada
from the Governor-General of Canada, Capital
Alliance Advisors, Inc., Sierra Capital Acceptance,
a couple of real estate investment trusts, Bronson,
Bronson, & McKinnon (San Francisco law firm), Thomas
Byrne Swartz, Inc.
39.
Last Chance
Swinging doors to
the camp are the originals for S.F.'s Last Chance
Saloon.
40.
Lost Angels
The Lost Angels Camp
today sits on what is commonly referred to as "Snob
Hill", although it's design it's anything special
these days. Back in the 1920s and 1930s it was.
Lehman Brothers,
Dillon Read & Co., Warburg Pincus & Co., Cummins
Engine Company, Philip Morris Companies, Health
Effects Institute, Evergreen Holdings Inc., Mattel,
Edison International (power company), Avery
Dennison, Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory,
Northrop Corporation, Southern Railway Company, John
Hopkins, Stanford, Columbia and Colorado
Universities, Newhall Land and Farming Co., Richmond
Times-Dispatch, The News Leader, American Newspaper
Publishers Association, Southern Newspaper
Publishers Association, Associated Press, CNN, Los
Angeles Times, Washington Journalism Center, Santa
Rosa Junior College, Hoover Institution, Southern
Center for International Studies, Council on Foreign
Relations, Trilateral Commission, RAND Corporation.
41.
L.O.G.
Not enough info.
42.
Lost Boys
Not enough info.
43.
Madrone
Abalone lunch on the
last Thursday.
44.
Mandalay
This camp is only
accessible with a written permission. It is the most
exclusive bunk site in the encampment and sits on a
hill with a tiny cable car that carries visitors up
to the compound. Many members of this camp have
personal assistants with them.
Lot's of government,
Bank of America, Amoco, ChevronTexaco, Bechtel,
Wackenhut, Du Pont, Rothschild Investment Trust
Capital Partners plc., UBS Warburg LLC, Dillon Read
& Co., German Steel Trust, Thyssen Krupp, the J.P.
Morgan network, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers,
Export-Import bank, Wells Fargo, Seafirst Bank,
Manhattan Institute, the CIA, General Electric, RAND
Corporation, Firestone, American Telephone and
Telegraph, Atlantic Richfield Company, Johnson &
Johnson, Walt Disney Company, Weyerhaeuser, Union
Pacific Corp., Gannett Corp., PG&E. Corp., MITRE,
McKesson Corp., ConAgra Inc., HCA Healthcare Corp.,
Franklin Templeton Investments which includes
Fiduciary Trust, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group,
Kissinger Associates,
Carlyle Group, TRW Inc., Space
Technology Laboratories (STL), IBM, Ford Motor
Company, News Corp, BskyB (Rothschild and Murdoch
governed), Daily Telegraph plc., the Economist,
Caltech, Stanford University (heavily funded by
Bechtel), Order of the Bath, Order of the British
Empire, Order of Malta, Ditchley, Bilderberg,
Council on Foreign Relations, Business Roundtable,
Business Council, Committee Economic Development,
Council on International Economic Policy, Trilateral
Commission, Atlantic Institute for International
Affairs, Pilgrims Society, 1001 Club, Le Cercle.
French socialist prime minister.
45.
Medicine Lodge
Not enough info.
46.
Meyerling
There's no
indication this is a particularly important camp.
47.
Midway
In the 1930s, this
camp was made up of executives from the Pacific
Insurance Company. This changed over time.
National Venture
Capital Association, Western Association of Venture
Capitalists, Institutional Venture Partners
(interest in about 200 other companies), Allegiant
Bancorp Inc., Owens-Illinois Inc., University of
California, Fireman's Fund Insurance, American
Express, SRI International, Transamerica, Wells
Fargo Bank, SCIOS, Hambrecht & Quist (helped Apple,
Adobe Systems, Netscape, MP3.com and Amazon.com. -
taken over by J.P. Morgan Chase), Occidental
Petroleum, Hooker Chemical, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, Petroleum Administration for War (around
WWII), Ashland Oil and Refining Co. (fifties or
sixties), Marshall Petroleum, Airtouch
Communications, McKesson, Charles Schwab
Corporation, URS Corporation, Potlatch Corporation,
PG&E Corporation, CNF Inc.
48.
Monastery
Pretty low-level
camp.
49.
Monkey Block
Monkey Block, named
after a famous artists' colony in old San Francisco,
has a preponderance of artist members.
50.
Moonshiners
Pours imported
German beer exclusively.
51.
Moro
Not enough info.
52.
Outpost
Pretty low-level
camp.
53.
Owlers
Not enough info.
54.
Owl's Nest
Guarded by a Secret
Service agent (at least when there is a president
visiting), but when someone asks politely, he should
be able to enter the camp.
Multiple presidents
with their advisors, Manhattan Project, Marine
Corps, Air Force, Council on Foreign Relations,
Business Advisory Council of the Department of
Commerce, Order of the Bath, We-Go Rotary Club,
United Technologies Corporation, Harry Gray
Associates, SourceOne, Mott Corporation, Union
Carbide Corporation, Sunoco Inc., Blount
International Inc., Hercules Incorporated, RFE
Associates, General Dynamics, AMTRAK, Whirlpool
Corporation, United States Steel Corp., Trans World
Airlines, Campbell Soup Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company (RJR Nabisco).
55.
Parsonage
Buffalo burger
luncheon.
56.
Pelicans
Not enough info.
57.
Piedmont
Not enough info.
58.
Pig'n Whistle
Not enough info.
59.
Pink Onion
Notable for its pink
sheets.
60.
Poison Oak
Supposedly serves a
lunch called Bulls' Balls Lunch, where everyone
comes by to eat roasted cattle testicles brought by
a rancher from near Fresno, CA.
61.
Poker Flat
Not enough info.
62.
Pow Wow
All-time Abbott
auxiliary martini machine.
63.
Puma
Second Saturday wild
game feed includes elk, moose, and boar.
64.
Rattlers
Not enough info.
65.
Redwood
Location of the
Redwood Clubhouse, where scientists discussed the
Manhattan Project in the 1940s. Supposedly, the
location is secured and very beautiful. It sits near
the Russian River.
66.
River Lair
Not enough info.
67.
Roaring
Original bar from
Jack London's home.
68.
Romany
Not enough info.
69.
Sahara
Not enough info.
70.
Santa Barbara
Not enough info.
71.
Sempervirens
Most members have
business or political interests in or around
California.
Presidential assistant, mid-level state department
official, Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco,
Transamerica, Continental Capital Corporation
(1950s), Stanford University, Wells Fargo Bank,
Boise Cascade, GenCorp, State Farm Insurance, Enron,
Homestake Mining, Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Corporation, Phelps Dodge Company, Lane Publishing
Co., Ford Motor Company, Bank of America, Crowley
Maritime Corporation, University of San Francisco,
University of San Diego.
72.
Seven Trees
Not enough info.
73.
Silverado squatters
Amoco Corporation,
Bell & Howell, United Technologies Corporation,
Sovereign Specialty Chemical Company, the Hoover
Institution, Public Broadcasting Service, National
Park Foundation, FMC Corporation, Argonne National
Laboratory, Aspen Institute, American Enterprise
Institute, University of Chicago, Boeing Company,
Caterpillar Tractor, Chevron, Genentech Inc., Wolf
Trap Foundation, the California Roundtable, Hewlett
Packard, U.S.-Japan Advisory Commission, Trilateral
Commission, Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense
Management, US-USSR Trade & Economic Council's
committee on science and technology, the Business
Roundtable, President's Council of Advisors on
Science and Technology, Securities and Exchange
Commission, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, NASD, the Legal
Advisory committee of the New York Stock Exchange,
Los Angeles Country Bar Association, San Diego
Union-Tribune.
74.
Skiddoo
Not enough info.
75.
Skyhi
Not enough info.
76.
Sleepy Hollow
Not enough info.
77.
Sons of Rest
Not enough info.
78.
Sons of Toil
Had a majority of
university types among their membership in the
1970s. Most camps usually have only one or two
faculty members each year. Hosts a French sidewalk
cafe 2nd Friday, French wines, cheese, and red
checker table cloths.
79.
Spot
Not enough info.
80.
Star & Garter
Not enough info.
81.
Stowaway
The many David
Rockefeller interests including the Trilateral
Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg,
Council of the Americas, Pilgrims Society, J.P.
Morgan Chase and part of the Standard Oil successor
companies, Caltech University, Claremont Graduate
University, University of Southern California,
Harvard Center, Hamlin School, Atkins Company,
Crocker Capital Corporation, BEI Technologies Inc.,
BEI Medical Systems Company Inc., Fiduciary Trust
International, Pope & Talbot Inc., Teledyne
Technologies Incorporated, Franklin Templeton
Investments, Coldwell Banker F.I. Grey & Son, Inc.,
Pacific Lightning/Enterprise, Wells Fargo Bank,
Newhall Land and Farming, Mutual Life Insurance
Company, San Francisco Children's Hospital,
Foundation of the Fine Arts Museums of San
Francisco, Arthritis Foundation, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, local and national United Way,
the American Enterprise Institute, California
Chamber of Commerce, World Affairs Council of Los
Angeles, Civic Light Opera, Pacific Union Club, RAND
Corporation, Newhall Land and Farming Company,
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Company, Parsons
Corp., Avery Dennison Corporation, Ameron Inc., Real
Estate Investors, USL Capital Corporation, Schwab
Fund for Charitable Giving, W.M. Beaty & Associates
Inc..
82.
Sundodgers
The 4 known members
mentioned seemed to have a mixed scientific /
business interest.
83.
Sunshiners
Not enough info.
85.
Swagatom
Had a majority of
university types among their membership in the
1970s. Most camps usually have only one or two
faculty members each year.
86.
Taylor
Camp Taylor is
located close to where several dozen Bohemians held
a Jinks in the forest in Sonoma County in 1878. This
was the start of a long Bohemian tradition of
trekking to the Sonoma County redwoods during July
and August of each year for camping and self
entertainment.
87.
Thalia
Has the original
stop and go signal from the corner of Powell and
Post in S.F.
88.
Tie Binders
In the 1930s, this
camp was almost completely made up of executives of
railroad companies. This composition changed over
time.
89.
T-N-T
Not enough info.
90.
Totum Inn
Not enough info.
91.
Toyland
Not enough info.
92.
Tunerville
A camp for members
of the club orchestra.
93.
Uplifters
Not enough info.
94.
Valley of the Moon
Not enough info.
95.
Valhalla
Not enough info.
96.
Wayside Log
Was known as a
hangout for scientists in the 1970s.
97.
The Web
Not enough info.
98.
Whiskey Flat
Not enough info.
99.
Whoo Cares
Not enough info.
100.
Wild Oats
Not enough info.
101.
Wohwohno
Not enough info.
102.
Woof
Not enough info.
103.
Ye Merrie Yowls
The bar is the
former altar from the Catholic Church in
Forestville.
104.
Zaca
Not enough info.
Other locations in the Grove
Hermitage
Not sure if it's a
Bohemian Grove camp.
Oz Bungalow
A location in the
Bohemian Grove. Not sure if it can be classified as
a camp.