Tygart Valley Homestead
Tygart Valley Homestead was the third and largest of three “resettlement communities” in West Virginia designed to provide housing and employment to West Virginian families during the Great Depression. First Lady Elanor Roosevelt visited the area several times throughout the duration of the project. The Homestead School is currently used as a community center for the Tygart Valley Homestead Association.
Camp Tygart was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Dailey occupied by Company 2584 from September 14th. 1935 through the spring of 1942. Located at the edge of the Tygart Valley Homestead, the Camp helped develop the Homestead’s water and sewage systems and built its original water plant. They were also involved in soil erosion control projects on nearby farms.
Unlike 7 other CCC camps in Randolph County which were administered by the US Forest Service or the WV Division of Forestry, Camp Tygart was administered by the USDA Soil Conservation Service.

Stuart Recreation Area
Camp Randolph was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp occupied by Company 525 from May 26th through November 20th, 1933. Unlike most CCC companies, Company 525 was an integrated company with 189 white and 14 black enrollees. The company worked to build what is now Stuart Recreation Area, including its three wooden pavilions. Stuart Park is located along the Shavers Fork River in the Monongahela National Forest, and is a popular destination for camping, swimming, fishing, and hiking. The campsites and pavilions are available to rent at recreation.gov
On October 5th, 1934 the Gateway to the Monongahela National Forest was dedicated during the Mountain State Forest Festival. You can see these large stone columns on Old Route 33 near the entrance to Stuart Recreation Area between Elkins and Bowden.
Company 525 built the gateway under the supervision of Forester Eugene Beatty and local stonemason Patrick Burke. At the dedication ceremony Forest Chief F.A. Silcox stated “The Civilian Conservation camps are doing one of the finest and most constructive pieces of work in the history of America”. Crews from Company 525 at Camp Shaver’s Fork also built structures at Alpena Gap Picnic Area and Bear Heaven Picnic Area.

Kumbrabow State Forest
CCC work projects at Kumbrabow included carrying out the function of a game refuge, timber production and recreational development like the construction of pavilions, picnic areas, and cabins which are all used today. Each CCC camp housed about 200 enrollees and included buildings like a kitchen & mess hall, recreational building, educational building, infirmary, and barracks. You can see the remains of these buildings at the site of Camp Bowers in Kumbrabow State Forest. The CCC-built cabins are available for rental at wvstateparks.com

Laurel Fork Wilderness
Camp Laurel Fork was a CCC camp occupied from May 20th, 1933 until July 10th, 1937. Located on the Laurel Fork of the Cheat River 12 miles south of Wymer, it is now the site of Laurel Fork Campground which offers primitive camping and 18 miles of hiking trails. CCC projects here included forest protection and improvement work in the Cheat District of the Monongahela National Forest including the construction of Middle Mountain Road (FR 14).
Near the campground are Middle Mountain Cabins. Originally built for use by Forest Service personnel, the Main Cabin (pictured here) was designed by Donald Gaudineer, and Cabins 1 and 2 were built by another CCC crew in 1939.

Laurel Fork Wilderness
Camp Laurel Fork was a CCC camp occupied from May 20th, 1933 until July 10th, 1937. Located on the Laurel Fork of the Cheat River 12 miles south of Wymer, it is now the site of Laurel Fork Campground which offers primitive camping and 18 miles of hiking trails. CCC projects here included forest protection and improvement work in the Cheat District of the Monongahela National Forest including the construction of Middle Mountain Road (FR 14).
Near the campground are Middle Mountain Cabins. Originally built for use by Forest Service personnel, the Main Cabin (pictured here) was designed by Donald Gaudineer, and Cabins 1 and 2 were built by another CCC crew in 1939.

Camp Cheat Mountain
The more adventurous history buffs can find more remains of CCC camp buildings at Camp Cheat Mountain. Travel 4 miles on Forest Road 92 from its junction with US250. The site of the camp is located in grassy wildlife opening on the right side of road about a quarter miles south of its junction with FR 47. Several concrete foundations can be seen in the woods around the clearing.