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George Campbell "Chief Lock" Loughmiller
Years: 1906–1993 | Role: Social worker | County: Dallas
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Description
Campbell Loughmiller graduated from UC-Berkeley in 1935 with training in philosophy and social work. With his spouse Lynn, he ran the 200-acre Camp Woodland Springs south of Dallas from 1946 through 1966. There, he helped troubled youth find comfort and healing in camping, exploration, nature study, and conservation, gradually tying its program into a national therapeutic wilderness camp network, Wilderness Road, by 1993. Also with Lynn, he co-wrote a successful guidebook, Wildflowers of Texas (1984) and The Big Thicket Legacy (1977), and co-edited excerpts from nine years’ recordings capturing the Thicket’s life and lore. In addition to his counseling and writing work, Mr. Miller served as the president of the Texas chapter of the Nature Conservancy and as a board member of the Texas Conservation Council.
Location Notes
A marker to Campbell and Lynn Loughmiller could be placed at Woodland Springs Park, set aside in the late 1960s at the original site of Camp Woodland Springs.
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Bibliography
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Loughmiller, Campbell, and Lynn Loughmiller, comps. and eds. Big Thicket Legacy. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977.
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Cambell Loughmiller and Lynn Loughmiller, Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide, Updated by Joe Marcus. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1984.