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Center Harbor, New Hampshire
Established: 1903
Founded as a working farm in 1903 by three Olympic athletes from the University of Pennsylvania, Alexander Grant, Josiah McCracken, and George Orton, Tecumseh today is the summer home of 180 boys and 60 staff members. Three historical buildings still form the camp's centerpiece: the Lodge, the farmhouse/barn and the Trunk Room, all built in the early 1800s. Tecumseh, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, is now a nonprofit camp that has athletic activities, mountain climbing, and a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta as its core programs. Boys come from all parts of the world to enjoy one of the most beautiful settings in the country on Lake Winnipesaukee with over a mile of shoreline and 300 acres of woods, fields, and streams. George Munger, director of Tecumseh from the early 50s through the late 70s is the modern day architect of what Tecumseh has become. He and the founders were celebrated with reunion parties in Philadelphia and Center Harbor in 2004. Over 1000 alumni joined in these two celebrations.