Bloys Camp Meeting

Jeff Davis County

Bloys Camp Meeting

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Marker Title: Bloys Camp Meeting
Address: TX-166, 23 miles W. of TX-17, 2 miles S. of Fort Davis
City: Fort Davis
County: Jeff Davis
Year Marker Erected: 1965
Designations: na
Marker Location: take SH 17 S approx. 2 miles to SH 166; then W on SH 166 approx. 23 miles

Held each year since 1890. Founded by Rev. W.B. Bloys, a Presbyterian. His camp pulpit was an Arbuckle Coffee crate. First campers, 48 people from remote ranches and towns, slept in tents, wagons. Family groups had chuck-box meals, sharing with guests. Some 1,500 attend mid-August meetings today. Still nothing is ever sold in camp. Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Methodists and Presbyterians incorporated the Cowboys' Camp Meeting in 1902. Site, Skillman Grove, has been a camp ground since the 1850s. Elevation is about 6,000 feet.

State Historical Survey Committee, 1965

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