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Aerial view of the camp grounds.

1. Camp Thomas Lightfoot, Summers County, W. Va.

Greenbrier River pictured in the background. The photo was taken between Alderson and the camp.

2. Overlooking Camp Lightfoot, Summers County, W. Va.

Greenbrier River pictured in the background. The photo was taken between Alderson and the camp.

3. Overlooking Camp Lightfoot, Summers County, W. Va.

Logs are positioned in a circle for campfire gatherings.

4. Camp Summers in Summers County, W. Va.

Overlooking the camp grounds near Hinton, W. Va.

5. Camp Summers, Summers County, W. Va.

The unidentified men of the Civilians Conservation Corps pose by the swimming hole off the banks of New River.

6. C.C.C. Workers Sit by a Swimming Hole, Summers County, W. Va.

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

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

Scene from the mountain.

8. Chesnut Mountain, Summers County, W. Va.

After a long dry summer, drizzling rains dominated the Potomac Highland region for days. By November 4, a severe storm wreaked havoc as the already dampened soils could no longer receive the excessive rains. The waters extended through Avis to Pence Springs near the Hinton, W. Va.Summers, Greenbrier, Mineral, Hampshire, Grant, Hardy, Pendleton, and Tucker counties were all affected by high water and flooding, as well.

9. Mouth of the Flooding Greenbier River in Summers or Greenbrier County, W. Va.

A United States National Guard truck attempts to make its way across the flooded Greenbrier Drive as a young boy and man watch from their home above. Subjects unidentified.

10. Upper Bellepoint Flood, Hinton, W. Va.

Flood waters surge toward the truck as it attempts to make its way across the road.

11. National Guard Truck Caught in Greenbrier River Flood, Summers County, W. Va.

Hechler campaigning for governor on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Temple Street. A crowd surrounds him as he speaks.

12. Ken Hechler Campaigning in Hinton, W. Va.