The campground, located west of Parker Stadium, was set up for attendees of a joint meeting of the American Institute of Biological Sciences and the Association for the Advancement of Science.
Spring trip to Marys Peak, 1923. Students in background: with fry pan, James L. Mielke; Kenneth Murdock; with pipe, Trevor Lewis; with stick, James D. Shaver. At table, Dean G.W. Peavy and H.I. Nettleton. Note circular saw used for stove top.
The Dean packed in with the rest of the fernhoppers for one of the yearly spring trips, camping and "cruising" the local forests to tally the quantities of the various types of trees found in mapped sections of forest land.
