Camp David in 1935 and was completed in 1938. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it "Shangri-La" (for the fictional Himalayan paradise in the 1933 novel "Lost Horizon" by British author James Hilton, which he had jokingly referenced as the source of the Doolittle Raid earlier that year). Camp David received its present name from Dwight D. Eisenhower, in honor of his father and grandson, both named David. The Catoctin Mountain Park does not indicate the location of Camp David on park maps due to privacy and security concerns, although it can be seen
Shangri-La Beer means "Royal plains". This ancient name is reflected in the Tibetan Pinyin name of the town of Jiantang (建塘; Jiàntáng), the county seat. Due to its location on 3300 meters above sea level, it not only boasts a breathtaking scenery, but is also home to China's cleanest air, purest mountain spring water, and organic Tibetan highland barley, which is an essential part of traditional Tibetan cuisine. In the second half of the 20th century, Shangri-La City was called Zhongdian (Chinese: 中甸 Zhōngdiàn), but was renamed Shangri-La on December 17, 2001 after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the 1933 James