Toumey Road – Cornwall CT

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) constructed Toumey Road; it shares the name of the C.C.C. camp which developed it.

Lookout Tower (demolished) – Cornwall CT

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) constructed a “steel fire tower” at Mohawk State Forest. The structure, which Living New Deal believes it was located by the parking lot at Mohawk Tower (at the end of Toumey Road), is no longer extant. Satellite imagery suggests… read more

CCC Camp Toumey – Goshen / Cornwall CT

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)’s Camp Toumey was stationed at Mohawk State Forest from June 25, 1933 to July 26, 1941. “Named for James W. Toumey, Dean of the Yale School of Forestry, CCC men from this camp lived among… read more