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Camp Biscayne
Camp Biscayne, a rustic winter resort was founded in 1903 by Ralph Middleton Munroe so that there would be "a stopping place in Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida" as the Peacock Inn had closed in 1902.〔Parks 2010 p. 3.〕 Located a few lots south of the Barnacle (now the Barnacle Historic State Park), Camp Biscayne catered primarily to those who were interested in sailing, fishing, and the simple life. By 1925 when Camp Biscayne was closed there were several cottages and a main lodge which seated 100 people in the dining room.
At Camp Biscayne, Munroe preserved as much of the hammock (tropical forest) as possible because he believed that it had "worked out its life's problems and established itself as the legitimate occupant of the land." Using the trees in the hammock for inspiration he named each of the 11 cottages for a native tree or for an ornamental. Each tree was tagged and a list of the trees was available to guests.
==A Winter Paradise in the early 20th century==
South Florida was a winter resort area in the 1880s and 1890s, but it was not until Flagler's Florida East Coast railway reached Miami in 1896 that it really began to attract large number of visitors. The area's shallow waters had inhibited travel to the area, but numerous hotels were built once the railroad was in place. Miami hotels catered to businessmen and to society people who came for the climate and the social life.
Coconut Grove, located five miles south of Miami, attracted a very different kind of visitor. Guests at Camp Biscayne were active in the life of the community and were usually attracted to the sailing and fishing offered there. Many of these guests were well known in their communities and/or their fields. Guests included Alexander Graham Bell, William Goodsell Rockefeller, his son James Stillman Rockefeller, Chauncey McCormick, William Roscoe Thayer, Ruth Rowland Nichols, writer Lawrence Mayo, and educators Eva and Bertha McConkey. Director of the New York Botanical Gardens, Nathaniel Lord Britton and his wife Elizabeth Gertrude Britton were also guests. Connecticut families who often wintered at Camp Biscayne include the Philip Rogers Mallory family and the Addison Van Name family. Van Name was the Librarian at Yale University, his son and one daughter achieved fame in biology and botany respectively. Many of the guests owned yachts designed by Ralph Munroe. Frank Gray Griswold, an executive with the Lorillard Tobacco Company and a noted author, was both a guest and owner of Kona, a Munroe ship.
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