Legacy Behind Cameron County's Conservation Corp Camps

 

Legacy Behind Cameron County's Conservation Corp Camps

Come join the Cameron County Historical Society Saturday May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM at the VFW when they present the legacy behind our Conservation Corp Camps. 

 Did you know we had six camps: Sizerville, Hunts Run, Lushbaugh, Bobby's Run, North Creek, and Wykoff Run including a all black camp and a Veterans Camp.

Sizerville was the first camp and Hunts Run was the longest running camp starting in 1933 and closing in 1942 on the cusp of WWII.The presentation given by Susan Hoy, Vice President of the Cameron County Historical who created the book "The Ghost Walk" preserving all six of our camps histories. It was a dream of she and her husband had for over ten years being proud of the fact that her father, and two uncles who once served at the Hunts Run Camp. The book will be available at the event from the Society. 

 The presentation will include hundreds of photos many not seen before, plus what we are most excited about a video of the Hunts Run Camp while in operation in 1940. The presentation will cover the "Pepper Hill Fire" and the legacy behind Memorial Springs, a tribute to those who lost their lives. This fire is studied still today through the "National Wildland Fire Lessons Learned Center" that help reveal the complexity and risk in the wild land fire environment. 

Many folks do not realize that our beautiful lush forest that we see today was once deforested by the lumber barrens of our histories past. Thanks to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his creation of his famous "Tree Army" during the depression our forests are back and managed so that our forest are never lost again. 

 Don't miss this educational history that brought here hundreds of young men to Cameron County, giving them work so they could feed their families back home. They left behind something we take for granted today, our amazing forest!

See you Saturday May 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM at VFW in Emporium - RSVP would be appreciated! Call: 814-486-4314. Refreshments provided. 

 Opened to the general public and FREE!