Camp Fire was founded in 1910 by Luther Gulick, M.D. and his wife, Charlotte Gulick, as the first non-sectarian organization for girls in the United States. The first meetings of Camp Fire Girls were held in Vermont. In 1975 the organization was expanded to include boys.

Beginning in 1914 Camp Fire Girl camps formed in Hayden, Steamboat Springs and Yampa. Below is a roster of Routt County Camp Fire Girl members from 1914 - 1918. For a detailed history of Routt County Camp Fire Girls,  see "Glorify Work and Be Happy: The Original Camp Fire Girls of Routt County" by Catherine Ellis in the November/December 2011 issue of Colorado Heritage¹⁷.

Routt County Camp Fire Girl¹

 Hayden,² Chepita³ Camp (1914), Ojibway Camp (1918)

Guardian Mrs. J. E. Miles from 1914-1918
(Other leaders: Miss Nolan, Healthcraft,⁴ Mrs. Charles Temple, Campcraft,⁵)
Guardian, Mrs. Cawlfield (1918)

Charter Members (married names in parentheses):
Myrtle Blake (Frentress)
Rose Cawlfield (Cobb), president in 1917
Dorothy Dawson (Ross)
Eva Holderness (Rice)
Ethel Kimsey (Fitch), secretary/treasurer 1918
Lily [Lillybelle, Lillie B.] Mason (Horner) (also once reported as Marabelle Mason)
Bernice Miles (Ward)
Gladys Shelton (Temple)
Hazel Stratton (Sunderlin), reporter 1918
Lucille Stringham (Hall)
Dora Temple (Ellison), president 1918
Alma Templeman (Edwards)
Margaret Williams (Larsen or Larson)

Other known members:
Eva Barnard
Anna Bennett (Star), vice president 1918
Marie Cawlfield (Eggers)
Miriam Dawson
Ruby Dawson (May)
Florence Ehrat
Mae Fiske (Rose)
Edith Frink (Eastland), secretary/treasurer 1917
Lela Gibbs
Ayliffe Jones (Zehner)
Clara Lyons (Hooker)
Gladys Starr (Gross)
Hazel Shaw (Allen)
Arlene Whiteman
Vera Whiteman (Hofstetter)

Yampa,⁶ Onondaga Camp, organized October 22, 1915⁷

Guardian Eva Brooks (assistant principal of Yampa school), Assistant Guardian Ellen Groesbeck.
Guardian Myrtle E. Cole, assistant guardians Eva Brooks and Ellen Groesbeck (change made October 1916)⁸

(Other leaders: Tom Laughlin, Campcraft; Mrs. John Cole, Patriotism; Mrs. Charles Wheeler, Business; Mrs. T. B. Smith, Nature Lore⁹⁾

The camp had the full number of 20 girls by December 22, 1916.

May Bird
Freda Bomgardner
Ruth Brady
May Chapman?
Marguerite Chapman
Margaret Cole was likely a member in 1916
Marry Crossan
Thelma Crossan
Edith Dunckley
Eunice Foye
Virginia Godfrey
Lucille Kawin
Erma Lindsey
Gertrude Macfarlane
Nellie Miles
Amy Phillips
Letty Starkey?
Lulu Wilson
Roberta Wilson
Mildred Wilson

Steamboat

Steamboat Springs’ first camp, Dipsisawah Camp, was organized in November 1915.¹⁰ It had the full quota of 20 girls by mid 1916.  A second camp, Nananonah Pah Camp, was organized in July 1916.  Steamboat’s two camps were under the direction of a board of seven women: Mrs. Archie Wither (Homecraft), Mrs. B. G. Bradley (Healthcraft), Alma (Mrs. Elmer) Baer (Handcraft), Mrs. P.A. Hughes (Nature Lore), Mrs. F.S. Follett (Campcraft), and Mrs. William Kernaghan (Patriotism).¹¹ In 1917, board members also included Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Furlong (guardian of the Blue Bird group).¹²

Steamboat, Dipsisawah (flower, Spring Beauty) Camp, (organized November 1915)

Guardian Grace Leckenby
Polaris Bitzer
Lounet Crosswhite
Evelyn Ellis
Nellie Ellis
Wilma Fisher, treasurer 1918
Beatrice Hersom, vice president 1918
Wilda Scott
Glessner Stukey, president 1918
Dorothy Wither
Rachel C. Wood, secretary 1918

Steamboat, Nananonah Pah (Medicine Water) Camp.¹³

Guardian Florence (Mrs. Leroy A.) Baker
Anna Adams, treasurer
Wilma Fisher
Esther Guthrie
Lillian Kernaghan, secretary
Leslie Kimball
Frances Mann, recorder of honors

Steamboat, Pewawa Camp (third camp, organized June 1918)¹⁴

“The editor of The Sentinel made an unsuccessful attempt last week to translate the Indian name of Pawawa camp, and did not get it right at all.  As a matter of fact “Pe-wa-wa” is made up of the first sylables [sic] of three Indian words (which accounts for the editor not recognizing it, even though he may be thoroughly familiar with the languages of all of the many Indian tribes), the words selected being ones which together make up the name Steam-Boat-Springs.  Thus, officially, “Pawawa,” the title of the new camp, is “Steamboat Springs,” expressed in the language of the Indians."¹⁵

Guardian, Mrs. A. H. Poppen
Dorothy Bergen, vice president
Lela Follett, treasurer
Pauline Plummer, president
Ruth Stukey, secretary

“Nest” of Bluebirds (organized March 1917 in connection with Nananonah Pah Camp)¹⁶

“Mrs. L. A. Baker, being guardian of Nananonah Pah camp, is head guardian of the Blue Birds”
Guardian of the Blue Birds was Mrs. E. O. Furlong with Mrs. Clay Shaw assistant guardian
(Mrs. T. C. Stillwell may have also worked with the girls)

22-23 girls enrolled (ages 6-12), 25 members by May 1917
Edith Allen, secretary
Avis Dodge, president
Lela Follett, roll call
Grace Furlong, treasurer