Camp Rock Enon

Most of the area history is wrapped around the four (alkaline, saline, chalybeate, and sulphuretted) types of mineral water springs that naturally occur on the land.^[5]: 868 The area was once called Capper Springs, named for area settler John Capper.^[6]: 57 William Marker bought the 942 acres (381 ha) in 1856 and built a hotel that survived the American Civil War.^[7] On March 24, 1899 the Shenandoah Valley National Bank purchased the property for $3,500.^[8]: 9 During the summer of 1914 botanists found a wide variety of ferns on the property.^[2] The idea that soaking in the spring water had medical value was likely a large part of the tourism.^[9] In 1917 the Winchester and Western Railroad stopped at Rock Enon Springs.^[10]: 366 In 1944, when that healing idea was likely no longer generally accepted as true, the Glaize family sold the property to the Shenandoah Area Council who turned what was once a resort into a summer camp.^[7] In 1944, Miller Lake was created by adding an earth dam across Laruel Run using equipment owned by the Federal Fish Hatchery in Leestown.^[11]: M4 In 1958 "walnut, chestnut and persimmon trees" were planted on the property.^[12]: 50 Today Rock Enon is accredited as both a Cub Scout resident camp and a Boy Scout camp.^[13]: 2