CCC Camp F-7, Wyeth

1933 - 1941

The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42

Camp Wyeth was originally established and operated in the CCC's first enrollment period during the summer of 1933.... Carroll E. Brown, a locally enrolled foreman at the camp, noted Camp Wyeth was located about 5 miles east of Cascade Locks. ... In October 1933, F-7 closed for the winter... Camp F-7 reopened in the spring of 1935 as Camp Cascade Locks.


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Camp F-7, Wyeth, and Camp F-11, Zigzag, were occupied for the longest periods. Both began operating in the first enrollment period. Camp F-7 was abandoned in November 1941, and F-11 closed in 1942 at the end of the CCC program. In February 1936, when the Roosevelt Administration was considering a severe reduction in CCC camps across the country, Oregon's Governor Charles H. Martin made a personal plea to the president. He asked that Oregon be allowed to keep all of its camps.


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Camp F-7 was abandoned on November 16, 1941. It's rigid-style buildings were left in Forest service custody.


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Otis, Alison T., William D. Honey, Thomas C. Hogg, Kimberly K. Lakin. The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933-42 (FS-395). USDA / Forest Service. April 1986. https://books.google.com/books?id=f0qHwwF4V5wC

Obviously, this camp remains under federal jurisdiction to this day, though nothing remains of the original buildings used by the CCC and, later, the CPS.

Detail: Eagle Creek Overlook Interpretive Sign (2013)Eagle Creek Overlook. Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013
Detail: Eagle Creek Overlook Interpretive Sign (2013)Eagle Creek Overlook. Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area. Oregon. May 2, 2013

Links

Google Books: The Forest Service and the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-42

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1986

Volume 395 of FS (United States. Forest Service)

https://books.google.com/books?id=f0qHwwF4V5wC

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