Bloys Camp Meeting

Held each year since 1890. Founded by Rev. W. B. Bloys, a Presbyterian. His camp pulpit was an Arbuckle Coffee crate. First campers, 48 people from remote ranches and towns, slept in tents, wagons. Family groups had chuck-box meals, sharing with guests. Some 1,500 attend mid-August meetings today. Still nothing is ever sold in camp. Baptists, Disciples of Christ, Methodists and Presbyterians incorporated the Cowboys' Camp Meeting in 1902. Site, Skillman Grove, has been a camp ground since the 1850s. Elevation is about 6,000 feet.

Bloys Camp Meeting is a historical marker in Fort Davis vicinity, Jeff Davis County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Jeff Davis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.5465, -104.1401 near Fort Davis vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is John Z Means and Exa Gay Means grave (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Pioneer Cemetery, McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas, and Grierson-Sproul House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5243010473. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.