Discover our History

an excerpt of “a brief history of cascade meadows”
written by allan anderson, 1990

“The year was 1961. Camping was a vital part of most Baptist Youth Fellowships. This was true across the country… In Washington State, we owned Burton and Ross Point. We had just purchased Camp Bethel…

By the end of 1963, the Washington Baptist Convention had voted to have a major capital funds effort to upgrade our campsites…

Cascade Meadows was “born” with the vast number of persons committed to “their site”. This included all three sites, Burton, Ross Point, and Bethel…

Junior Citizens Camps were held at Cascade Meadows. The isolation was ideal. I always have felt this was one of the finest ministries ever offered in our camping efforts. I know it is dangerous to begin to name names of persons who were apart of the early days at Cascade Meadows. I’ll take the chance:

Bill and Daisy Cox. Bill help[ed] often in construction and Daisy did much of cooking for several years.

Mrs. Cannon cooked for several years at almost no cost to the camp.

Russell Orr was executive for the state and kept money available when it was needed.

Harriet and Al Harrington were main stays in the back country camping.

Harold Smith worked at the camp and also wrote part of the program material used at camp.

Well, the stories keep coming and maybe someday I’ll write them down. I know that in my 40 years of ministry, my years at Cascade Meadows were some of the happiest.”