1910

Dr. Luther Halsey Gulick and Charlotte
Vetter Gulick run Camp WoHeLo for girls in Maine. Charlotte Gulick coined the name WoHeLo. This name combines the words work, health and love, which Charlotte Gulick saw as the fundamentals of society. 

Camp Fire Girls created. The name “Camp Fire” is chosen because campfires were the origin of the first communities and domestic life.

Article dated Feb. 16, 1930 from a Minneapolis newspaper announcing the completion of the sale of Camp Tanadoona to Camp Fire.

1912

Camp Fire Girls of America is incorporated in Washington, DC as a national agency and its first manuals are printed.

First Camp Fire groups organized in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

1915

Mankato Camp Fire Council formed.

1918

First local Camp Fire Council chartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

1922

The former summer home of Governor John Lind on Lake Minnewashta purchased to become Camp Tanadoona.

1924

Minneapolis Council of Camp Fire chartered.

1925

St. Paul Council of Camp Fire chartered.

Camp Fire club leaders association begins in St. Paul called the Guardians.

First season of camping at Camp Tanadoona.

1926

Camp Ojiketa, on Green Lake, purchased by the St. Paul Council for $6,000. The name Ojiketa means "The sweets of life."

1930

During the Great Depression, membership began to decline as members simply were unable to pay dues.  However, with the help of many councils, thousands of non-registered girls continued to participate in Camp Fire programs.

1940

With the forties came World War II.  Thousands of Camp Fire members across the country took part in activities supporting the war effort including tin can collecting, bandage rolling and planting victory gardens.

1946

Lake City Area Camp Fire Council chartered.