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Ford and the Great Outdoors: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Camper Special

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Leslie Armbruster
18.09.25
The Four Vagabonds — Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs — helped popularize car camping with their widely documented decade of outdoor trips beginning in 1915.
Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and John Burroughs, calling themselves the Four Vagabonds, helped popularize car camping in the early 20th century.

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