Camp Wells

  • Camp Wells

    Camp Wells

    Camp Wells opened in 1922 by the Wells Foundation and the vestry of St. Mark’s Church (located in Minneapolis on Loring Park) as a heathy and spacious place for children to learn and play.  The church decided to dedicate their Easter offerings to the purchase of the land but generous donations that year resulted in

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  • Camp Wells – Franklin and Lincoln Junior High Schools

    Camp Wells – Franklin and Lincoln Junior High Schools

    This is a particularily fun find for my family. These are 23 photos of Camp Wells in 1966. I found them by luck while doing a search of a Minneapolis Public Schools Collection in the Hennipen County Library Digital Collection.  My family lived at Camp Wells until around 1969. My grandparents, parents and an uncle’s

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