History
Hole in the Wall Gang Camp was founded by Paul Newman and writer A.E. Hotchner in 1988. The camp is named after the gang in Newman's film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. The camp is a 300-acre (1.2 km2) parcel of land including a 44-acre (180,000 m2) lake. The land was originally part of a large farm owned by the Harakaly family. When the farming industry in Connecticut began to decline, the Harakalys built the lake and, after refusing to develop it, sold it to Newman.
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