The Rotary Club of Traverse City, Michigan, was founded in 1920, and 3 years after its chartering, it set out to give service to its community by buying land for community camps, but nobody could foresee where this 'good deed' would lead. At an eventual total cost of $33,500, some 480 acres were bought for a campsite to be used in turn by 4-H, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts. These were leased to the Scouts at a nominal charge of $1 per annum. In 1956 a further 393 acres were acquired.
There was nothing untoward to report until 1967 when evidence of oil and gas was discovered in the neighborhood. A few years later in 1976, an oil well began production on one site and in 1979…
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