Loma Verde Presbyterian Camp
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1946 - 2023 (77 years)

Three questions we get asked by visitors to Loma Verde...

1.  What does Loma Verde mean?
    Verde is simple - it means green
    Loma most commonly means hill but
         can be a knoll or bank

2.  When was Loma Verde built?
The Loma Verde site was purchased by northern New Mexico Presbyterians in 1946 for $1,600.  For those who are interested $1,600 in 1946 is worth approximately $22,000 in 2018. 
Before the first youth camp, missionaries and ministers built a bridge across the Rio Fernando.  For the first two years, campers slept in two large army tents.  Cooking was done on a primitive stove and water was hauled by hand from a spring. 
In the late 1950s, volunteers from the area built the first permanent structure, a dining hall, from materials on the property.  In 1959, a well was dug. 

Who owns the Loma Verde Camp?
In 1966, Loma Verde was incorporated as a non-profit to maintain and operate the camp for the Presbyterian Churches of northern New Mexico (La Jicarita Cluster).

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Photos from 1952

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