About sixty years ago, my grandfather started a bible camp as a place for inner city kids to go for the summer. His main goal for starting the camp was to try and keep these kids out of trouble, which he said was caused by boredom. He saved many kids from repeating the same mistakes that their parents had made.

The camp is still running now and Grandpa created a legacy that will be around for years to come. I am sure that nothing is the same as it was back then, but it is still a place of refuge for inner city kids. There are beautiful log cabins that replaced the canvas wall tents that used to be there and the camp now even has indoor plumbing.

The thing that has changed the most is that Grandpa is no longer around to oversee the running of the camp. There are great people there, but they are not Grandpa and he is sadly missed by all who remember the part he had in the creation and the running of the camp back in the good old days.

Crossword puzzles have evolved from being simple puzzles to what they are now today.  The first published crossword, or word cross puzzle (as it was called at that time) was created by Arthur Wynne and published on December 21, 1913 in the New York World.  It included most of the features that are included in crosswords today, and became the stepping stone for the popularity of crosswords in that publication.

The next most notable landmark in crosswords was the first book published in 1924 by Simon and Schuster.  Crosswords became the craze of 1924 (much like Sudoku is today).

The New York Times crossword puzzles have been running since 1942 and are considered to be some of the most difficult puzzles ever created.

Things have changed over time.  You no longer have to purchase either a paper or a book, rather you can get printable crossword puzzles online.  If you think yourself a true master, you can also try your hand at creating a crossword with a free online crossword maker.