Bohemian Grove
Incomplete camps list
1. |
Abbey |
A simple place and home to 'nearly unspeakable practices',
according to one servant in the Grove (whatever that means). There
are no known bigwigs residing in this seemingly quite simple tent
camp. |
2. |
Aviary |
Aviary, the largest camp, is comprised almost exclusively of associate
members who are part of the chorus. Supposedly, it has one of the
finest fireplaces in the Grove. Some companies represented are Arscott,
Norton & Associates, Lam Research Corporation, Compass Technology
Partners, General Mills and McKesson, Finances, Provigo Corporation,
and Bay View Bank. |
3. |
Bald Eagle |
Not enough info. |
4. |
Band |
The Band Camp is for members of the different bands. |
5. |
Bohemia |
A very old camp. It is possible it doesn't exist anymore. |
6. |
Bromley |
A place where unsortable visitors end up spending the night. |
7. |
Camels |
Not enough info. |
8. |
Cave Man |
Notable for big-deal right-wingers and a plaque commemorating Herbert
Hoover. It's often called 'Hoover Camp'.
Council on Foreign Relations
leadership, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg, AIG, Federal Reserve,
United California Bank, Scripp Howard broadcasting and newspaper business,
United Press, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Departement
of State, U.S. presidency, Lockheed, Chase
Manhattan, Alaska State Bank, British Petroleum, Clear Channel, GAINSCO
Inc., United Airlines,
Pacific Telephone (now part of SBC), General Dynamics, United California
Bank, Dart Industries, Carter-Hawley-Hale Stores, Dean Witter Reynolds & Co, and Pauley Petroleum. |
9. |
Cliff Dwellers |
Not enough info. |
10. |
Cool-Nazdar |
Not enough info. |
11. |
Crossroad |
Not enough info. |
12. |
Cuckoo's Nest |
Not enough info. |
13. |
Derelicts |
Low profile members. |
14. |
Dog House |
They have a Beer and Beans party after every Cremation of Care. |
15. |
Doom |
Not enough info. |
16. |
Dragon |
1 member involved in some heavy Russian politics together with Mandalay
members. 2 persons with Standard Oil of California, another from the
Business Committee (also worked with a Rockefeller). |
17. |
Druids |
Not enough info. |
18. |
El Toro II |
Not enough info. |
19. |
Faraway |
Not enough info. |
20. |
Fore Peak |
The special drink of that camp is called 'Nembutal',
a mixture of rum and hot chocolate. |
21. |
Friends of the Fores |
Scripps-Howard newspaper, Cooley Godward LLP, Sutter Hill Ventures,
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Hewlett Foundation, RAND
Corporation, Basic American Inc., Levi Strauss Company. |
22. |
Green Mask |
Humble Oil and Refining Company, Carter Oil Company, Continental
Oil Company (Conoco). |
23. |
Halcyon |
Grove's finest library of classics. |
24. |
Haven |
Low-level camp. |
25. |
Hermits |
Not enough info. |
26. |
Hideaway |
It has a classic oil painting of a nude woman, where artists
add one gray hair per year.
Caltech, MIT, (president of) Carnegie-Mellon University, (president
of) Rockefeller University, (chairman of) Rockefeller Foundation,
George Marshall Institute, Scientific Advisory Board, Consultative
Group on International Agricultural Research and the 'Mexican green
revolution', Chief Scientist of the Air Force, United Aircraft Corporation,
Space Technology Laboratories, TRW Inc., US-USSR Commission on S&T
Cooperation, US-Israel Bi-national Science Foundation. |
27. |
Highlanders |
Hewlett Packard Corporation (co-founder - HP is the largest employer
in Sonoma County), ACR Group. |
28. |
Hill Billies |
Lot's of politics. CBS, couple of Skull & Bones figures (By
the mid-1980s, half of the 26 members were graduates of Yale), Bechtel,
Bank of America, Export-Import Bank of the United States, World Bank,
Morgan Stanley, Blyth Eastman Dillon, Eastern Airlines, United Nations,
Westinghouse Electric, Bessemer Securities Corporation, UNOVA, NASA,
National Geographic, biotech companies as Amgen, Lynx & Xoma,
AP Pharma, Inc., Pherin Corporation (biotech), Searle & Company
(sold to Monsanto), Gilead Sciences, Inc. (pharmaceutical), Procter
& Gamble, General Motors, Southern Pacific, RAND Corporation,
Metromedia, Mutual Life Insurance of New York, the Carlyle Group,
Stephens Investment Management LLC, RS Investments, BF Goodrich Company
(supplier to aerospace and defense industry), Fremont Group, Forbes,
National Review Magazine and a few jounalists, Investments, Ltd.,
MetLife Series Mutual Funds, Stanford / Chicago / California / Duke
Universities, President's Council of Economic Advisers, National Bureau
of Economic Research, Business Roundtable, Hoover Institution, Council
on Foreign Relations, Atlantic Institute for International Affairs,
Bilderberg, Trilateral Commission. |
29. |
Hillside |
Joint Chiefs of Staff, US navy admiral, Hawaii Space Development
Authority, Council on Foreign Relations. |
30. |
Howeller |
Not enough info. |
31. |
Hualapai |
Not enough info. |
32. |
Interlude |
Wine and cheese party to commemorate Bastille Day. |
33. |
Iron Ring |
Not enough info. |
34. |
Isle of Aves |
Justice and defense departments of the US government, Homestake
Mining Company (merged with Barrick Gold Corporation in 2001), Bechtel,
American Mining Congress, World Gold Council, Western Business Roundtable,
Clark Cali and Negranti (law firm), Clark Company (CA real estate),
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, CIA and other intelligence (several
decades back anyway), a psychopatic-gay-non-businessman in the form
of John E. Du Pont (who has been convicted for murder), at least one
school system reformer, Forbes, Wells Fargo and Company, Banc of America,
World Banking Group, Northrop Grumman, Chiron Corporation (biotech),
Hoover Institution. (The last 6 institution are represented by only
one person), Caltech, California Council on Science and Technology. |
35. |
Jinks Band |
Not enough info. |
36. |
Jungle |
Not enough info. |
37. |
Ladera |
Not enough info. |
38. |
Land of Happiness |
Baker & Daniels (law firm on environmental issues), a member
who donates on a personal bases to environmental causes and also represents
UPBancorp Inc., Vancouver Foundation and the Council of Forest Industries,
Corporate Governance and Pension Committee and the Human Resources
Committee, Lignum Investments Ltd., Scotiabank, Riverside Forest Products
Ltd., Bombardier Inc., someone with an Order of Canada from the Governor-General
of Canada, Capital Alliance Advisors, Inc., Sierra Capital Acceptance,
a couple of real estate investment trusts, Bronson, Bronson, &
McKinnon (San Francisco law firm), Thomas Byrne Swartz, Inc. |
39. |
Last Chance |
Swinging doors to the camp are the originals for S.F.'s Last Chance
Saloon. |
40. |
Lost Angels |
The Lost Angels Camp today sits on what is commonly referred
to as "Snob Hill", although it's design it's anything
special these days. Back in the 1920s and 1930s it was.
Lehman Brothers, Dillon Read & Co., Warburg Pincus & Co.,
Cummins Engine Company, Philip Morris Companies, Health Effects
Institute, Evergreen Holdings Inc., Mattel, Edison International
(power company), Avery Dennison, Lawrence Livermore Radiation Laboratory,
Northrop Corporation, Southern Railway Company, John Hopkins, Stanford,
Columbia and Colorado Universities, Newhall Land and Farming Co.,
Richmond Times-Dispatch, The News Leader, American Newspaper Publishers
Association, Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, Associated
Press, CNN, Los Angeles Times, Washington Journalism Center, Santa
Rosa Junior College, Hoover Institution, Southern Center for International
Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Trilateral Commission, RAND
Corporation. |
41. |
L.O.G. |
Not enough info. |
42. |
Lost Boys |
Not enough info. |
43. |
Madrone |
Abalone lunch on the last Thursday. |
44. |
Mandalay |
This camp is only accessable with a written permission. It is
the most exclusive bunk site in the encampment and sits on a hill
with a tiny cable car that carries visitors up to the compound.
Many members of this camp have personal assistents with them.
Lot's of government, Bank of America,
Amoco, ChevronTexaco, Bechtel, Wackenhut, Du Pont, Rothschild Investment Trust
Capital Partners plc., UBS Warburg LLC, Dillon Read & Co., German
Steel Trust, ThyssenKrupp, the J.P. Morgan network, Merrill Lynch,
Lehman Brothers, Export-Import bank, Wells Fargo, Seafirst Bank,
Manhattan Institute, the CIA, General Electric, RAND Corporation,
Firestone, American Telephone and Telegraph, Atlantic Richfield
Company, Johnson & Johnson, Walt Disney Company, Weyerhaeuser,
Union Pacific Corp., Gannett Corp., PG&E. Corp., MITRE, McKesson
Corp., ConAgra Inc., HCA Healthcare Corp., Franklin Templeton Investments
which includes Fiduciary Trust, ICF Kaiser Consulting Group, Kissinger
Associates, Carlyle Group, TRW Inc., Space Technology Laboratories
(STL), IBM, Ford Motor Company, News Corp, BskyB (Rothschild and
Murdoch governed), Daily Telegraph plc., the Economist, Caltech,
Stanford University (heavily funded by Bechtel), Order of the Bath,
Order of the British Empire, Order of Malta, Ditchley, Bilderberg,
Council on Foreign Relations, Business Roundtable, Business Council,
Committee Economic Development, Council on International Economic
Policy, Trilateral Commission, Atlantic Institute for International
Affairs, Pilgrims Society, 1001 Club, Le Cercle. French socialist prime minister. |
45. |
Medicine Lodge |
Not enough info. |
46. |
Meyerling |
There's no indication this is a particularly important camp. |
47. |
Midway |
In the 1930s, this camp was made up of executives from the Pacific Insurance Company. This changed over time.
National Venture Capital Association, Western Association of Venture
Capitalists, Institutional Venture Partners (interst in about 200
other companies), Allegiant Bancorp Inc., Owens-Illinois Inc., University
of California, Fireman's Fund Insurance, American Express, SRI International,
Transamerica, Wells Fargo Bank, SCIOS, Hambrecht & Quist (helped
Apple, Adobe Systems, Netscape, MP3.com and Amazon.com. - taken over
by J.P. Morgan Chase), Occidental Petroleum, Hooker Chemical, Pacific
Gas and Electric Company, Petroleum Administration for War (around
WWII), Ashland Oil and Refining Co. (fifties or sixties), Marshall
Petroleum, Airtouch Communications, McKesson, Charles Schwab Corporation,
URS Corporation, Potlatch Corporation, PG&E Corporation, CNF Inc. |
48. |
Monastery |
Pretty low-level camp. |
49. |
Monkey Block |
Monkey Block, named after a famous artists' colony in old San Francisco,
has a preponderance of artist members. |
50. |
Moonshiners |
Pours imported German beer exclusively. |
51. |
Moro |
Not enough info. |
52. |
Outpost |
Pretty low-level camp. |
53. |
Owlers |
Not enough info. |
54. |
Owl's Nest |
Guarded by a Secret Service agent (at least when there is a president
visiting), but when someone asks politely, he should be able to
enter the camp.
Multiple presidents with their advisors, Manhattan Project, Marine
Corps, Air Force, Council on Foreign Relations, Business Advisory
Council of the Department of Commerce, Order of the Bath, We-Go
Rotary Club, United Technologies Corporation, Harry Gray Associates,
SourceOne, Mott Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation, Sunoco Inc.,
Blount International Inc., Hercules Incorporated, RFE Associates,
General Dynamics, AMTRAK, Whirlpool Corporation, United States Steel
Corp., Trans World Airlines, Campbell Soup Co., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company (RJR Nabisco). |
55. |
Parsonage |
Buffalo burger luncheon. |
56. |
Pelicans |
Not enough info. |
57. |
Piedmont |
Not enough info. |
58. |
Pig'n Whistle |
Not enough info. |
59. |
Pink Onion |
Notable for its pink sheets. |
60. |
Poison Oak |
Supposedly serves a lunch called Bulls' Balls Lunch, where everyone
comes by to eat roasted cattle testicles brought by a rancher from
near Fresno, CA. |
61. |
Poker Flat |
Not enough info. |
62. |
Pow Wow |
All-time Abbott auxiliary martini machine. |
63. |
Puma |
Second Saturday wild game feed includes elk, moose, and boar. |
64. |
Rattlers |
Not enough info. |
65. |
Redwood |
Location of the Redwood Clubhouse, where scientists discussed the
Manhattan Project in the 1940s. Supposedly, the location is secured
and very beautiful. It sits near the Russian River. |
66. |
River Lair |
Not enough info. |
67. |
Roaring |
Original bar from Jack London's home. |
68. |
Romany |
Not enough info. |
69. |
Sahara |
Not enough info. |
70. |
Santa Barbara |
Not enough info. |
71. |
Sempervirens |
Most members have business or political interests in or around
California.
Presidential assistant, mid-level state department official, Federal
Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, Transamerica, Continental Capital
Corporation (1950s), Stanford University, Wells Fargo Bank, Boise
Cascade, GenCorp, State Farm Insurance, Enron, Homestake Mining,
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Phelps Dodge Company,
Lane Publishing Co., Ford Motor Company, Bank of America, Crowley
Maritime Corporation, University of San Francisco, University of
San Diego. |
72. |
Seven Trees |
Not enough info. |
73. |
Silverado squatters |
Amoco Corporation, Bell & Howell, United Technologies Corporation,
Sovereign Specialty Chemical Company, the Hoover Institution, Public
Broadcasting Service, National Park Foundation, FMC Corporation, Argonne
National Laboratory, Aspen Institute, American Enterprise Institute,
University of Chicago, Boeing Company, Caterpillar Tractor, Chevron,
Genentech Inc., Wolf Trap Foundation, the California Roundtable, Hewlett
Packard, U.S.-Japan Advisory Commission, Trilateral Commission, Blue
Ribbon Commission on Defense Management, US-USSR Trade & Economic
Council's committee on science and technology, the Business Roundtable,
President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, Securities
and Exchange Commission, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, NASD, the Legal
Advisory committee of the New York Stock Exchange, Los Angeles Country
Bar Association, San Diego Union-Tribune. |
74. |
Skiddoo |
Not enough info. |
75. |
Skyhi |
Not enough info. |
76. |
Sleepy Hollow |
Not enough info. |
77. |
Sons of Rest |
Not enough info. |
78. |
Sons of Toil |
Had a majority of university types among their membership in the
1970s. Most camps usually have only one or two faculty members each
year. Hosts a French sidewalk cafe 2nd Friday, French wines,cheese,
and red checker table cloths. |
79. |
Spot |
Not enough info. |
80. |
Star & Garter |
Not enough info. |
81. |
Stowaway |
The many David Rockefeller interests including the Trilateral Commission,
Council on Foreign Relations, Bilderberg, Council of the Americas,
Pilgrims Society, J.P. Morgan Chase and part of the Standard Oil successor
companies, Caltech University, Claremont Graduate University, University
of Southern California, Harvard Center, Hamlin School, Atkins Company,
Crocker Capital Corporation, BEI Technologies Inc., BEI Medical Systems
Company Inc., Fiduciary Trust International, Pope & Talbot Inc.,
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, Franklin Templeton Investments,
Coldwell Banker F.I. Grey & Son, Inc., Pacific Lightning/Enterprise,
Wells Fargo Bank, Newhall Land and Farming, Mutual Life Insurance
Company, San Francisco Children's Hospital, Foundation of the Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco, Arthritis Foundation, San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art, local and national United Way, the American
Enterprise Institute, California Chamber of Commerce, World Affairs
Council of Los Angeles, Civic Light Opera, Pacific Union Club, RAND
Corporation, Newhall Land and Farming Company, Pacific Mutual Life
Insurance Company, Parsons Corp., Avery Dennison Corporation, Ameron
Inc., Real Estate Investors, USL Capital Corporation, Schwab Fund
for Charitable Giving, W.M. Beaty & Associates Inc.. |
82. |
Sundodgers |
The 4 known members mentioned seemed to have a mixed scientific / business
interest. |
83. |
Sunshiners |
Not enough info. |
85. |
Swagatom |
Had a majority of university types among their membership in the
1970s. Most camps usually have only one or two faculty members each
year. |
86. |
Taylor |
Camp Taylor is located close to where several dozen Bohemians held
a Jinks in the forest in Sonoma County in 1878. This was the start
of a long Bohemian tradition of treking to the Sonoma County redwoods
during July and August of each year for camping and self entertainment. |
87. |
Thalia |
Has the original stop and go signal from the corner of Powell and
Post in S.F. |
88. |
Tie Binders |
In the 1930s, this camp was almost completely made up of executives of railroad companies. This composition changed over time. |
89. |
T-N-T |
Not enough info. |
90. |
Totum Inn |
Not enough info. |
91. |
Toyland |
Not enough info. |
92. |
Tunerville |
A camp for members of the club orchestra. |
93. |
Uplifters |
Not enough info. |
94. |
Valley of the Moon |
Not enough info. |
95. |
Valhalla |
Not enough info. |
96. |
Wayside Log |
Was known as a hangout for scientists in the 1970s. |
97. |
The Web |
Not enough info. |
98. |
Whiskey Flat |
Not enough info. |
99. |
Whoo Cares |
Not enough info. |
100. |
Wild Oats |
Not enough info. |
101. |
Wohwohno |
Not enough info. |
102. |
Woof |
Not enough info. |
103. |
Ye Merrie Yowls |
The bar is the former altar from the Catholic Church in Forrestville. |
104. |
Zaca |
Not enough info. |
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