Discovering Camp Guernsey: An African American Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Midwest Archeological Center (MWAC) of the National Park Service has completed the initial stages of identifying the hitherto undocumented Camp Guernsey, a segregated, African American Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Senecaville, Ohio. Using lidar and minimal ground truthing, MWAC staff, in collaboration with staff from the North Country Trail, the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, and the Buckeye Trail Association have begun to discover the basic layout of this historic era archaeological site. The site holds high research potential for understanding the lifeways of the young Black men of Company 580 in the time between the two World Wars. Although the works of these men can still be seen at the nearby campground at Seneca Lake, primary historic sources are scant. Archeology, aided by geospatial technologies, has the most potential for telling the story of this company.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38905.0