The campground
was organized in 1973 by the Tennesse Units of the
WBCCI
as a non-profit corporation exclusively for Airstreamers.
TCPC Early History
The Tennessee Unit of the WBCCI began its search for a campsite in 1967.
In 1972 Ben Houser, Al Terrell and Boyd Reynolds found 376 acres high on the Cumberland Plateau. These former logging
parcels belonged to the Southwest Investment Company. The land was purchased for $58,000.
A well-attended membership meeting was held at the temporary campground site on August 26, 1972, whereby Ben Houser named
various work committees and outlined their respective duties and responsibilities in order of priority.
With enthusiasm running high, Ben Houser organized a series of work sessions beginning November 3, 1972, and continuing well
into snowy December, 1973. Laughter, handshaking and hugs welcomed the arrival of the first trailers.
While the men surveyed, cut brush, and ran percolation tests, the wives were back at the camp cutting and burning brush, raking
leaves and preparing pot luck suppers and homemade pies. Some of the best memories of the early years occurred at these
pot luck suppers.
From: "How
It All Came About: The Tennessee Cumberland Plateau Campground" by Howard & Agness Russell
