Bloys Camp Meeting

Held each year since 1890, this camp meeting was founded by Rev. W.B. Bloys, a Presbyterian, whose camp pulpit was an Arbuckle Coffee crate. The first campers, 48 people from remote ranches and towns, slept in tents and wagons, and family groups had chuck-box meals, sharing with guests. Some 1,500 attend the mid-August meetings today, and nothing is ever sold in camp. Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Methodists, and Presbyterians incorporated the Cowboys' Camp Meeting in 1902. The site, Skillman Grove, has been a campground since the 1850's and stands at about 6,000 feet in elevation.

Fort Davis, Texas · United States