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Pennsylvania
CCC Archive
Camp
Information for
ANF-12-Pa
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Oct. 5, 1935 moved into permanent barracks.
* Represents
a day, month or year that is unknown
General Information
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Camp Name: |
Kane |
Opened: |
7/3/1935 |
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Camp Type: |
National Forest |
Closed: |
No Information |
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Alternate
Names: |
No Information |
Location
HISTORIC
INFORMATION
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County: |
MCKEAN |
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Historic
Directions: |
Outskirts of Lamont |
Location
of Closest
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Post
Office: |
No Information |
Telephone: |
No Information |
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Express
Mail: |
No Information |
Telegraph: |
No Information |
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Railroad: |
No Information |
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MODERN INFORMATION
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Tourist
Region: |
Northwest |
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Modern
Directions: |
No Information |
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Current
Landholder: |
Allegheny National Forest
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Administrators
No
Administrators listed for this Camp
Companies
| Company Number | Dates Occupied |
| 2314 | **/**/**** to **/**/**** |
Camp Documents
Pictures
No
Pictures listed for this Camp
Additional Information (contributed
by Archive visitors)
| Comment | Entered On |
| In November 1994, NACCCA Chapter 125 of New Castle, PA in partnership with the USFS erected a sign at the entrance of C-12. It is clearly visible fro the road. | 09/17/2005 |
| ANF camp 12 was opened July 3, 1935 and closed in July 1938 or perhaps 1939. It was for blacks, specifically for the 67 young men from ANF-4 (Highland), which had just closed. Much information was obtained in 1994 from J. Russel Thompson of 409 W. Hemlock Road, Kane, PA. He, along with Capt. Mosley, were the ones who originally laid out the camp with a transit and compass. The Third Corps of Army Engineers were the people who actually built the buildings. The CCC men from this camp built the stone work at Twin Lakes campground: the dam itself, the bath house and two picnic pavillions, one of which has not survived.
ANF-12 is 5 miles south of the city of Kane, and 1.5 miles south of the village of Lamont, on the northwest side of the Lamont-Highland Road, Route 4009. Forest Road 817 marks the original entrance to the camp, built around a loop. The cement platform for the wash house is the most conspicuous feature to still be present. | 06/09/2004 |
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