History of Geneva History of Geneva The History of Geneva dates from before the Roman occupation in the second century BC. Now the principal French-speaking city of Switzerland, Geneva was an independent city state from the Middle Ages until the end of the 18th century. John Calvin was the Protestant leader of the city in the 16th century. Geneva first appears in history as an Allobrogian border town, fortified against the Celtic Helvetii tribe, which the Romans took in 121 BC. In 58 BC, Caesar, Roman governor of Gaul, destroyed the Rhône bridge at Geneva and built a 19-mile earthwork from Lake Geneva
Geneva Point Center Churches. The Geneva Point Center, Inc., was formed as a nonprofit organization in about 1986, took ownership of the camp in 1986, and continues to operate the center. In the 1930s, there were as many as 72 summer camps in the Lakes Region. The stately Winnipesaukee Inn was once the grand barn of a chicken farm. The barn was converted in 1896. Geneva Point Center The Geneva Point Center is a historic summer camp and conference center in Moultonborough, New Hampshire, on Lake Winnipesaukee, and is the name of the non-profit organization which currently owns it. It was founded in