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Fox and Ox Camp viewed from U. S. Route 220.

1. Fox and Ox Camp, Petersburg Gap, W. Va.

Text on the back reads, "Fox and Ox Camp. Good fishing - swimming - home cooking. On U. S. 220, 2 miles north of Petersburg, W. Va."

2. Fox and Ox Camp, Petersburg, W. Va.

3. Fox and Ox Camp, Petersburg Gap, W. Va.

4. Y. M. C. A. Camp Horseshoe, Parsons, 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.

5. Tennis Court at the 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.

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

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

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

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

8. Typing Class at Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, 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.

9. Foundation at the Entrance to Camp Bluestone, 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

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

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

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

Six unidentified men wearing quarantine masks due to a death from spinal meningitis. The quarantine lasted 30 days for all personnel at the Civilians Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. The CCC constructed projects including bridges, buildings, overnight cabins, retaining walls, roads, dams, towers, picnic areas, and drainage systems.

12. Quarantine at Bluestone Reservoir C.C.C. Camp, Summers County, W. Va.