Camp Tygart was established on
September 14, 1935 by CCC leaders and enrollees of CCC Compny 2584. The
camp was located near Dailey, south of Elkins and Beverly in Randolph
County.
A major, unique thrust of Camp Tygart's mission was to assist with
residential drinking water supply establishment in the nearby, newly
established Arthurdale-like homestead community and also sewage
treatment development for the individual homes in this neighboring
community.
These homes south of Dailey are still flourishing, well-maintained and
still occupied today and can be seen along US Route 219 and some 1000
yards or more to the east of 219. The CCC camp, located near the
intersection of State Route 21 and US 219, and its barracks are long
gone, the camp having been abandoned and its barracks closed for
the last time in the spring of 1942.
However, during their six plus years of service, the CCC enrollees of
Camp Tygart worked on many soil conservation projects helping local
farmers with erosion control, soil fertility, flood water run-off
control, road-building, etc.
The men of Camp Tygart continued throughout their camp existence to
support the local Eleanor Roosevelt-inspired homestead commmunity.
Their successful work in this regard is evidence, a prime example, as
to how the CCC and other, various "New Deal" entities crossed agency
lines to work together in the 1930's for the common good of local
citizens all over Amerrica.
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