Theyre finally here: THE CEDAR COLLECTION..If you have ever wondered what souvenirs your grandparents brought back from road trips, youve found it..For Camps 100-year anniversary, we worked up with one of the Midwests oldest mom-and-pop makers folks whove been carving cedar keepsakes since your great-grandparents were road-tripping in Fords with running boards. The new Camp Cedar Collection looks like the souvenirs they brought home because theyre still made by the same family, in the same way.We made our favorites with them :* Cedar Slice Wall Plaque : A classic Wandawega scene shellacked onto a slice of live-edge cedar. The kind that once hung in every lodge north of Highway 50..* Locking Cedar Treasure Box : Leaping-deer motif. Built for stashes of all ilk. (Weve only found these in antique stores- but collect them like crazy).* The 8-in-1 Log Cabin : A 5×7 handcrafted cabin that moonlights as a: Key Keeper Stash Box Memory Drop Box Tip Box Wish/Intention Cabin Business-Card Drop Box and its original 1940s purpose- a Classic Coin Bank..The story behind the company is what we fell in love with (and all the photos here tell the tale of their incredible family, living the dream)In 1930, John H. Blair moved to Camdenton, Missouri to help build the new highway threading through the newborn Lake of the Ozarks. He and his familyincluding his five sons, who all pitched inopened the Blair Hotel & Caf and built every cedar table and chair by hand. In the slow hours, John carved little cedar novelties to sell in the diner- until the hobby grew into a full-blown factory and the heartbeat of town.After WWII, the Blairs leaned into cedar souvenirssalt-and-pepper shakers, keepsake boxes what would become the roadside classic souvenirs of the Midwest. When gas was scarce, they launched a mail-order business under the slogan FROM THE LOG TO YOU..Nearly a century later, Blair is still at it- still family, still hand-made, still cedar. And now, part of Wandawega history too. Find them on our online camp store, in person at camp for guests, and at our Chicago outpost @bureauoftourism this Saturday 10-2. (Typo on last slide

December 2, 2025 • Published by Tereasa Surratt • Instagram