- State:
- WV
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Good
Description
The Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) funded the construction of Camp Fairchance in Low Gap, Boone County. The buildings were constructed by FERA and later occupied by the WPA. The camp hired unemployed teachers through the WPA, and housed underprivileged children and children without legal guardians.
Source notes
The West Virginia Encyclopedia: (https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/826), accessed February 16, 2018.
National Archives Record Group 69-N
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on February 16, 2018.
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Marcella Goheen
Hello,My mother lived at Camp Fairchance as a child from 9 to 12…she is 91 years old…can you please email me more about this project?