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Location: Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park - WV

Civil War Museum – Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park WV

The Civilian Conservation Corps completed groundwork and remade the battlefield area into an outdoors recreation area. The museum is located in a former cabin and not built as a museum. In the 1970s it was broken into and many of… read more

Project type: Campgrounds and Cabins, Education and Health, Museums, Parks and Recreation
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park – Hillsboro WV

J.D. Sutton, a private in the 10th West Virginia Infantry, was a veteran of the Battle of Droop Mountain. As a visionary he began the movement to preserve Droop Mountain. He and other veterans began to worry in the aftermath… read more

Project type: CCC Camps, Forestry and Agriculture, Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities, Water supply
Agency: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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