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<\/a><\/p>\nThe historic Ebbetts Pass corridor welcomes over 1.5 million visitors every year, and while not everyone stops into Camp Connell to enjoy an Italian Panini, an Italian Soda, an espresso or some beer, wine, groceries or snacks, Mr Tulipani still recreates his stories for those who take in the charm of this unique place!<\/p>\n
Mr Tulipani loves to share stories about how the family has owned Camp Connell for over 50 years, the owners prior to the Tulipanis, and who he still knows or has stopped in to share their memories of a place that has been around since the 1920\u2019s.<\/p>\n
The History of the place dates back to 1929, when Prohibition was a big thing! In fact according to the legends surrounding Camp Connell there still exists a place under the store that was used as a speakeasy!
\nThe beauty of storytelling, as Mr Tulipani will agree is making the past come alive! The place continues to be more than a store, Its a part of summer childhood memories, of trips to the mountains, the family cabin, camping & more as it\u2019s been for almost 100 years!<\/p>\n
Camp Connell General Store is located right on Highway 4, between Arnold and Bear Valley. Set on 1.48 acres, the massive beer garden has a large entertainment stage with summer crowds at some events reaching nearly 300 guests!<\/p>\n
Winding its way through the property is the San Antonio Creek. A year round spring fed stream that can be enjoyed from the Beer Garden or a future Airstream Trailer Motel ( another one of Mr Tulipani\u2019s stories on what his plans would be if he stuck around!)<\/p>\n
After installing a Wood Fired Pizza oven, and retrofitting most of the property with new siding and adding a brand new electrical system, not all of Mr Tulipani\u2019s stories are way off in the distance! The recent addition of a gorgeous pizza parlor, with a huge wood fired oven and custom log bar, adds a second prime business where Dan Tulipani says with a smile, \u201csomeone is going to be making a lot of dough here!\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Tulipani loves to say \u201cwe are a General Store, but we\u2019ll let you but specific stuff too!\u201d A paraphrase from the Comedian Steven Wright.<\/p>\n
The Camp Connell of today was largely influenced by the surging popularity of auto travel through the mountains inspired when Dr. D. Sargent of Angels Camp became the first to drive an automobile over Ebbetts Pass in 1908. Family camping was destined to become an extremely popular recreational activity so To meet those demands, Jack Connell began construction of a campground, cabins, general store and gas pumps in 1928. He and his wife named their endeavor \u201cCamp Connell\u201d.<\/p>\n
The Camp Connell Resort was opened for business in 1929, and the general store and gas station have been in operation ever since.<\/p>\n
The Connell\u2019s continued to expand the store and added a caf\u00e9 to serve the increasing number of visitors. By 1934 the Post Office was moved to the store and became \u201cCamp Connell Station\u201d. The store was a local gathering place where local residents and vacationers alike would come to share news and leave messages, much as it is today.<\/p>\n
Mr Tulipani likes to say , \u201cI\u2019m going to have to lay the \u201cF\u201d word on you, this place is \u201cFabulous\u201d!<\/p>\n
$1,399,000
\nRetail:
\n4,300sqft
\n1.48acres
\n4036 Highway 4, Camp Connell, CA 95223<\/p>\n
Property details
\nPrice:
\n$1,399,000
\nSquare Footage:
\n4,300 sq ft
\nLot Size:
\n1.48 acres
\nYear Built:
\n1900
\nType:
\nCommercial
\nSub Type:
\nRetail
\nListing Status:
\nFor Sale
\nListing Date:
\n04-29-2025
\nListing #:
\n202500764
\nStreet Address:
\n4036 Highway 4
\nCounty\/Area:
\nCalaveras County
\nCity:
\nCamp Connell
\nState:
\nCA
\nZip Code:
\n95223
\nStories:
\n2 Story
\nSewer:
\nSeptic Tank<\/p>\n
Listed with Jessica Bowman
\nPremier Properties
\n(209) 559-1407
\nJessica@premierproperties.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Camp Connell, CA…Saturday night, August 30th Grover Anderson and the Lampoliers! The Beer Garden at Camp Connell. Music starts around 6pm, $5 cover. Great food, pizza, burgers 🍕 🍔, Beer, Wine and more! You’ll love it so much you will buy the store. Live Music, Wood Fired Pizza, Burgers, Beer and Wine \u2013 fun for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,9,19,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertising","category-arnold","category-entertainment","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/537503314_1417090370027037_4560812487758074858_n.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194944"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194946,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194944\/revisions\/194946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/194945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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