What was the frog pond originally used for?

Select one Children swam in it, when they were too young for the big pond. Bull frogs were bred in it, to be sold to school biology labs. It was filled with sand, and children played in it as a sandbox. It was a skating rink, filled in November and drained in April. It was a natural crater, thought to be formed by a meteor hit.

Who owned the land as a summer home, before it was given to Girl Scouts?

Select one Juliette Gordon Low, founder of Girl Scouts Emily Dickinson, poet Louis Liggett, founder of Liggett-Rexall Drugs Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite (and a great prize) Nobody -- it was a bog.

What famous person visited the camp in the 1920's?

Select one Amelia Earhart. She flew in and landed in the sports field. Florence Nightingale. She trained the first Camp Nurse. Teddy Roosevelt. He walked softly and carried a big stick. Juliette Gordon Low. Her gift of a bugle is in our museum. Barbara Bush. The president's mother was a Brownie camper.

What's WIP's claim to fame in the history of Girl Scouts?

Select one It was the first National Training Center of GSUSA. It was the first GS camp to have electricity. It's the only camp in which campers must do kapers. The Mayflower actually landed there, not at the Rock. It was the first camp to put platforms under the tents.

Helen Storrow owned part of the land that became WIP. What else did she donate to Girl Scouts?

Select one A pair of ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz. A complete set of hand-drawn topographic maps of the US. The original shortbread recipe for Girl Scout Cookies. Storrow Drive, but we donated it to Boston because of traffic. Our Chalet World Center in Switzerland.