Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
June 2, 1963 A group of motorhome owners met up with each other at McCurdy Park in the city of Corunna, Michigan. This Sunday gathering is widely regarded as the first organized meeting of motorhome owners in the United States. Motorhomes had grown increasingly popular nationwide. At the time, quite a few families eagerly converted large... Continue Reading →
October 20, 1914 Archibald D. Campbell and Lawrence S. Campbell applied for a patent for an innovative camping trailer that they had developed as a vehicle to be marketed and sold by their Los Angeles-based business (known as the Campbell Folding Camping Trailer Company) and used for recreational purposes. This two-wheeled trailer, which was described in the... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 