Marlinton Sites

The National Youth Administration built a storage building for the Pocahontas County Board of Education in Marlinton, Pocahontas County. The exact location of this facility is unknown to the Living New Deal.

The historic post office in Marlinton, West Virginia was constructed with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which was constructed in 1937, houses an example of New Deal artwork and is still in service.

Edwin Dorsey Doniphan painted two murals for this post office under the New Deal. One is entitled "Past Visions the Future" painted in 1939 by Edwin Dorsey Doniphan. The gentleman in the mural is Mr. Calvin Hill who passed away in 2005. His oxen's names are "Pat" and "Star". The old tannery can be seen in the foreground of the mural. Another is entitled "Mill Point" painted by Edwin Dorsey Doniphan in 1939. The mill still stands on US 219 just south of Marlinton.

"The largest of West Virginia’s state parks, at 10,100 acres, Watoga is also among the oldest, dating back to the first land acquisitions by the West Virginia Game and Fish Commission in the 1920s. The park is located in southern Pocahontas County on the Greenbrier River. It was named for Watoga, a nearby town... Two Civilian Conservation Corps camps were established, Camp Watoga in 1933 at the park’s present maintenance area and Camp Seebert at the mouth of Island Lick Run in 1934. Also in 1934 Watoga was changed from a state forest to a state park. A third CCC camp,...