Post by richard on Nov 22, 2009 21:56:55 GMT -5
I had lunch with a friend Saturday, November 21, 2009 and received some information that I didn’t recall. Have any of you ever heard of a Hartman Camp? I knew that a camp had been where, today, is the Driftwood Camp, but didn’t recall the name. The Driftwood Camp is used mostly for travel type campers. Some trailers are parked year round but you will see more in the summer months.
It’s on the west side of US 31 just north of the Interstate 65 intersections and north of the Hardee’s Restaurant. That location is north of and further from the river than where the Heflen Camp was and is located. A search of the newspaper archives revealed that in 1956 the camp still had some cabins remaining.
The opening of the Camp and Golf Course was 1926. At that time, the camp included 13 Cabins and the Golf Course. It was opened on part of the 88 acres owned by Mr. Harry Hartman. The camp and golf course was designed by Bob Donovan, a resident of Edinburgh, Indiana.
After America joined the effort in World War Two, the Hartman family thought the nine-hole Golf Course land should be placed into the production of food for the war effort.
My friend stated in those days those greens were sand. When they were getting worn, Mr. Harry Hartman would hitch up his horses and take his wagon back to the river, load it with river sand and replenish the greens. In later years, the horses were replaced with a tractor.
He stated that holes’ eight and nine were located on the south side of the camp with the remaining seven holes located on the north side. The club house was expanded many times over the years the course was open. It was built in the style of many commercial buildings of those years as the windows were opened from inside and held open with a stick of wood or ‘prop’ as they were called! He said that the course received a lot of play.
Janet Hartman Fivecoat, a member of the Hartman family still owns that land. The family had many pictures of the golf course. However, they were destroyed in a fire.
Do you have pictures of this area?
It’s on the west side of US 31 just north of the Interstate 65 intersections and north of the Hardee’s Restaurant. That location is north of and further from the river than where the Heflen Camp was and is located. A search of the newspaper archives revealed that in 1956 the camp still had some cabins remaining.
The opening of the Camp and Golf Course was 1926. At that time, the camp included 13 Cabins and the Golf Course. It was opened on part of the 88 acres owned by Mr. Harry Hartman. The camp and golf course was designed by Bob Donovan, a resident of Edinburgh, Indiana.
After America joined the effort in World War Two, the Hartman family thought the nine-hole Golf Course land should be placed into the production of food for the war effort.
My friend stated in those days those greens were sand. When they were getting worn, Mr. Harry Hartman would hitch up his horses and take his wagon back to the river, load it with river sand and replenish the greens. In later years, the horses were replaced with a tractor.
He stated that holes’ eight and nine were located on the south side of the camp with the remaining seven holes located on the north side. The club house was expanded many times over the years the course was open. It was built in the style of many commercial buildings of those years as the windows were opened from inside and held open with a stick of wood or ‘prop’ as they were called! He said that the course received a lot of play.
Janet Hartman Fivecoat, a member of the Hartman family still owns that land. The family had many pictures of the golf course. However, they were destroyed in a fire.
Do you have pictures of this area?