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Reprinted with permission from the Cheley Family. The Three Rivers
Kids was published by Jennings & Graham; Eaton and Mains and is
255 pages with pictures. About Frank H. Cheley:
Cheley's first year as director saw the attendance of 64 boys with a
program of rowing, fishing, swimming, hiking, nature study and an optional
tutoring program for grades 5 through 9. As director, Cheley lived in
White Pigeon - one of the few buildings at camp then.
Nicknamed "the Chief", Cheley wrote and edited over thirty books during
his career in camping and wrote articles for boy's magazines.
In 1921, Cheley established a camp in the Rocky Mountain National Park
called Bear Lake Trail School and six years later he relocated the camp to
the present site of the Cheley Colorado Camps.
He died in 1941 at the age of 52.
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The Cheley family has given us permission to again publish The Three Rivers Kids.
The complete novel is now available online. We hope you enjoy
this opportunity to experience camp from Frank Cheley's unique perspective.
Frank H. Cheley, Camp Eberhart's first official director, wrote The
Three Rivers Kids in 1914, dedicating it to Harris Eberhart.
His first season was in 1910 and
he was director until he left the YMCA in 1915. During the off-season
Cheley worked at the YMCA as Boy's Work Director.