Groton School Camp, 1893 Squam Lake N.H.: A history of the First Summer Camp for Underprivileged Boys.GROTON SCHOOL CAMP, the first summer camp in the U. S. for the "underprivileged boy" of the city, was established in 1893 on Willoughby's Island in New Hampshire along the beautiful Asquam (Squam) Lake. This Camp, as well as other social programs for wayward and neglected children, became a hallmark of the Progressive Era (1890 1920). Many of our child related laws and attitudes about the child blossomed during this period, as "reformers" articulated