This private park is on land where, in 1777-78 during the Revolutionary War, a family hid its livestock from Redcoats. In the 1880s and 1890s, religious summer camps would have meetings with tens of thousands attending. There is a move to have it added to the National Register of Historic Places. This information is from an article on today's edition of www.thereporteronline.com and www.perkasiepark.com.