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Two unidentified men working in the kitchen. The camp required two cooks per shift of 24 hours followed by 24 hours off.

229. Cooks in the Kitchen at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Th men in army uniforms were in control of the (approximately) 175 men at the camp. The other men were from the U.S. Forest Service and were in charge of men at work clearing the right of way for the dam. No funds were appropriated for the construction of Bluestone Dam, so the C.C.C.  Co. 524 was cancelled and all men were transferred to other C.C.C. camps in West Virginia

230. High-ranking Civilian Conservation Corps Members In Charge of Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Civilian Conservation Corps members on the way to clear heavy timber for the Bluestone Dam right of way.

231. Connell Finnell Timber Cutting Crews, Summers County, W. Va.

A dog sits on top of the structure that is the insignia of the Corps of Engineers. This is the only Civilian Conservation Corps camp that the engineers were involved in.

232. Foundation at the Entrance to Camp Bluestone, Summers County, W. Va.

Six young men sit behind typewriters. The class cost 50 cents a month to participate in. Subjects unidentified.

233. Typing Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

A group of young men stand behind surveying equipment. Subjects unidentified.

234. Surveyors Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

Automobiles belonging to the army, forest service personnel, and corps engineers are parked along the dirt road. The insignia formation is pictured on the left.

235. Entrance to the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp in Summers County, W. Va.

Members of the C.C.C. play a game of tennis. Stephen D. Trail, later an employee at Hinton Daily News, pictured shirtless on the right.

236. Tennis Court at the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, Summers County, W. Va.

Ballengee, pictured with the beard on the left, speaks with an African-American man.

237. Mr. Ballengee in Probably Clayton, W. Va.

The boat traveled on New River from Hinton to Bull Falls.Pictured from left to right, an unidentified boy, , Ernest Bond, Harriett Campbell Hall, Mrs. W. H. Gwinn, W. H. Gwinn, Mrs. S. W. Poore, S. W. Poore, Oliver Graham, Mattie Graham Humphrey, Charlie Poore, Jim Gwinn, and F. H. Jennings.

238. Group on Steamboat Cecilia, Green Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

A house is positioned on the slant of the mountain.

239. House on Chestnut Mountain, Summers County, W. Va.

View from the side of the mountain overlooks the town and river.

240. Overlooking Barksdale from Chesnut Mountain, Summers County, W. Va.