The Cassadaga Spiritualist camp began circa 1875 when the Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association was founded by George P. Colby, from Pike, New York, a trance medium who traveled to many different states, giving readings and seances.
Colby had arrived in Florida in 1875, and on December 18, 1894 the charter was granted to form The Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association.