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Pennsylvania
CCC Online Archive
Camp
Information for
S-109-PA
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a day, month or year that is unknown
General Information
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Camp Name:
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Bear Valley
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Opened:
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6/21/1937
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Camp Type:
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State Forest
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Closed:
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1/**/1937
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Alternate
Names:
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No Information
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Location
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MODERN
INFORMATION
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HISTORIC
INFORMATION
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County:
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FRANKLIN
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Historic
Directions:
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5 1/2 mi. SW Up. Strasburg
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Location
of Closest
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Post
Office:
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Upper Strasburg
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Telephone:
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Chambersburg
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Express
Mail:
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Chambersburg
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Telegraph:
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Chambersburg
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Railroad:
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Chambersburg
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Administrators
| Name | Position | Tenure |
| C D Minehart | Superintendent | **/**/**** to **/**/**** |
| F. W Shearer | District Forester | **/**/**** to **/**/**** |
Companies
Click a Company below to see a list of people within the Company that were at this Camp
| Company Number | Dates Occupied |
| 1325 | 7/**/1935 to 10/**/1937 |
Camp Documents
No
Documents listed for this Camp
Pictures
No
Pictures listed for this Camp
Additional Information (contributed
by Archive visitors)
| Comment | Entered On |
| In his, "A History of Buchanan State Forest", Ralph Heilig states:
Camp S-109, Bear Valley, Company 1325
Located less than eight miles southwest of Upper Strasburg, in northwestern Franklin County, this camp, nestled in a gap which connected Bear Valley and Horse Valley. The steep rock-strewn Little Mountain and Broad Mountain slope sharply into a narrow valley which is bisected by Trout Run. The site was not too far from Chambersburg, but this could be misleading because the terrain all around this camp was unusually rugged. These CCC enrollees no doubt experienced more adverse work conditions than most other camps in south central Pennslyvania.
James E. Potts, a resident of Chambersburg, tells of his experience in the CCC at Bear Valley, working first as a laborer and later as Company Clerk. In his book, Civilian Conservation Corps-Bear Valley, Potts recollects that Charles D. Minehart of nearby Orrstown, the Camp's work superintendent, was a most capable and well-liked leader. Another important "personage" joined the Camp in 1934. He was "Cinnamon", a bear imported from Canada. The men of Company 1325 decided that since their camp was located in Bear Valley it would be fitting to have a bear for a mascot. But the last native bear in the area had been killed in 1908 or 1909. After some searching the men located Cinnamon at the farm of Mack Flickinger in nearby Path Valley. Cinnamon became a major attraction at Bear Valley but when the camp closed for lack | 11/07/2005 |
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