Catoctin Mountain and the Potomac River. (Note that a local tradition asserts that "Catoctin" means "place of many deer" in an Indian language.) Catoctin Mountain is perhaps best known as the site of Camp David, a mountain retreat for presidents of the United States. It was first used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, who called it "Shangri-La". In the 1950s President Dwight Eisenhower renamed it Camp David, after his grandson David Eisenhower. The resort is extremely well guarded by the United States Secret Service, and only approved guests of the President are allowed into the retreat. Due to its
Earl D. Eisenhower Power Company and in Illinois with "Suburban Newspapers." He died in Scottsdale, Arizona. His brother died 3 months after him. Eisenhower served in the Illinois House of Representatives, as a Republican, from 1965 to 1967. He lived in La Grange Park, Illinois. Eisenhower was elected as an at-large representative due to problems with reapportionment. He then ran for County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois and lost in the 1966 election. Earl D. Eisenhower Earl Dewey Eisenhower (February 1, 1898 – December 18, 1968) was an American electrical engineer and legislator, as well as the younger brother of U.S. President Dwight