Camp Strause began as a logging operation & favorite Boy Scout hangout
LebTown December 10, 2020 4 min read Part of the Camp Strause map as printed in the Lebanon Daily News, 9 Feb. 1929. Lake Strause, nestled in the valley between Blue Mountain to the north and Little Mountain to the south, is today a small Bethel Township community. But in its past, it was Camp Strause — a Boy Scout camp built thanks to the generosity of a lumber businessman. The story begins with a man named Samuel Strause. Strause was born in Berks County in 1866 to Monroe and Hettie Strause. The family moved to Pottsville in Schuylkill County shortly afterwards, where...
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