Camp Hutton, was located in
Randolph County, abouut 40 miles south of Elkins near the base of Cheat
Mountain. The camp was situated near the intersection of State Route 26
and US Route 250 and began operations on July 10, 1935.
The men of this company were assigned forest service projects:
fire-fighting, tree-planting, surveying, telephone line extension. One
of their major projects was construction of fire tower lookout stations
such as the famous, often photographed lookout station that serviced
Gaudineer Knob.
The knob is the site of many valuable virgin trees still standing,
thanks to the fire protection work of these CCC enrollees. Some of
these virgin spruce and hardwoods are over 3 feet in diameter and over
300 years old. The site is a major tourist attraction with rare unusual
endangered species of wild life. Overlooks built by the CCC are visited
by many each year.
From
time to time some from CCC Company 2597 were
also on attached work assignment to administrators at Camp Thornwood in
Pocahontas County. These pictures and captions were provided by the
late Sam Davis, a former Camp Hutton enrollee. Unfortunately, the photos below are
copies of copies. If you have any Camp Hutton photos, we would be
glad to hear from you.
The CCC camp closed in May , 1938 when all the men were transferred to
Camp Delmue in Pioche, Nevada.
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