THE MOORHEAD TOURIST CAMP

With improved roads and more reliable automobiles, vacationers in the 1920s tried something new: auto camping. To cash in on this craze, Moorhead built a tourist camp near its downtown riverfront. The camp included tent sites, a recreation center, laundry facilities and, for the less adventurous, cabins. During the crunch following World War II, many returning GIs and their families used the main lodge as temporary housing. Today, all that remains are sections of the concrete apron that lined the river bank in front of the camp.