One summer weekend in 1921, President Warren G. Harding went car camping. He rode out to western Maryland, where a fleet of cars awaited: under a soaring white tent, the president dined in the wilderness with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and the other “Vagabonds,” who had spent every summer since 1914 exploring the country in a caravan of cars. Each year, their set-up grew more elaborate: in 1919, their camping trip required 50 cars, including one specially built to keep their food refrigerated.
They camped at a site about six miles east of Hancock in Washington County. The 200-acre farm where they made camp was located about one mile north of the National Turnpike along Licking Creek. Today, the campsite lies inside Camp Harding County Park. A plaque memorializes the gathering of these famous campers.
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvy Firestone and group near cabin, Firestone camp. |
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| Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and others seated at table. |
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone near cabin. |
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. |
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Harvey Firestone, and others. |
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| Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren Harding and Harvey Firestone. |
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| Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, and others. Dinner at Firestone camp. |
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| Thomas Edison, Warren Harding, Henry Ford, and others. |
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| Harding at Firestone camp. |
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| Harding at Firestone camp. |
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| Harding in camp. |
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| Harding in camp. |
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| Harding in camp. |
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| Harding at Firestone camp. |
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| Harding at Ford camp. |
(Images:
Library of Congress)
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