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The 4-H camp was originally built by Works Progress Administration workers (in association with the Resettlement Administration) in 1937.The WPA workers housed at the camp built the nearby Holliday Lake State Park, and also worked on a New Deal reforestation demonstration project begun in 1935 to reclaim depleted farmland in the surrounding area.
4-H is a U.S.-based network of youth organizations whose mission is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development". [1] Its name is a reference to the occurrence of the initial letter H four times in the organization's original motto head, heart, hands, and health, which was later incorporated into the fuller pledge officially adopted in 1927.
[2] [47] Camp Washington-Carver was formally dedicated on July 26, 1942 in a ceremony attended by Davis. [48] At the 4-H camp, West Virginia State's Extension Service offered instruction to African American children and adolescents in the subjects of agricultural education, soil conservation, home economics, and 4-H values. [47]
Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre (2.12 km 2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky. The American Civil War era camp was established in 1863 as a depot for the Union ...
Camp Wildcat Hollow and the Badget Scout Reservation was a 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) camp located in Russellville, Kentucky. Camp Wildcat Hollow served as the Audubon Council summer camp until the program was moved to Camp Roy C. Manchester in 1995 as part of the merger with Four Rivers Council. Camp Wildcat Hollow was used by Shawnee Trails ...
Utah. Washington. Kentucky was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a failed attempt by Confederate General Leonidas Polk to take the state of Kentucky for the Confederacy, the legislature petitioned the Union Army for assistance.
Fort Knox. Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository (also known as Fort Knox), which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.
Girl Scout Camp River Ranch is 430 forested acres in Carnation, Washington including Lake Langlois and is by the Tolt River. Girl Scout Camp Robbinswold is 540 acres (2.2 km 2) on the Hood Canal near Lilliwaup, Washington. Girl Scout Camp St. Albans is 414 acres (1.68 km 2) near Belfair, Washington.