BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Prince William Forest Park

VA -- Prince William Forest Park:

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. PWFPK_131221_003_STITCH.JPG: This is the boundary of the park. Beyond the fence was all sorts of construction noise, apparently from a new housing development.
2. PWFPK_131221_005.JPG: Major General "Wild Bill" Donovan
3. PWFPK_131221_056.JPG: General Donovan addresses the recruits in Area C's theatre building. Note the bayonet dummy in the rear.
4. PWFPK_131221_059.JPG: Recruits still had time for recreation outside in camp, indoors in the PX, or in the local community.
5. PWFPK_131221_062.JPG: Known to some as "Oh So Social" or "Oh So Special", the recruits of the OSS ate better than your average trainee.
6. PWFPK_131221_066.JPG: As the recruits tap out code, their messages are read and reviewed by instructions in a rear room of the same building.
7. PWFPK_131221_069.JPG: Accuracy First! was civilian instructor John Balsamo's creed. Here he trains recruits in the Camp 4 Craft Lodge.
8. PWFPK_131221_086.JPG: Petrified rock
9. PWFPK_131221_143.JPG: A narrow-gauge railroad, similar to the one shown, hauled the pyrite ore to barges on the Potomac River.
10. PWFPK_131221_169.JPG: Pyrite Mine: "Before I will give you another penny, I will let the shafts fill up with water and the frogs jump in," the mine superintendent told workers who were seeking a raise of 50 cents per day. Unbeknownst to the workers, a cheaper but higher grade of pyrite had been discovered in Spain. So the superintendent shut down the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine that was located here along Quantico Creek. From 1889 to 1919, miners from nearby communities used dynamite to extract pyrite from shafts more than 1,000 feet below the surface. The order was mined for its surfur, which industries used to make soap, fertilizer, paper, medicines, and explosives.
11. PWFPK_131221_175.JPG: In 1919 miners received $3.50 to $4.25 per day. Some of their pay consisted of coupons redeemable only at the company store.
12. PWFPK_131221_191.JPG: Reclaiming the Land: Today, Virginia pine trees grow on the hillside where the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine operated, and Quantico Creek no longer runs orange or smells of sulfur. In 1995 the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy started a project to reclaim the site, because the land could not heal itself. They built storm-water channels to divert surface water, capped mineshafts with cement, and buried mine tailings with lime and soil to reduce acidity, and planted 5,000 trees and shrubs.
Wikipedia Description: Prince William Forest Park
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Prince William Forest Park was established as Chopawamsic Recreational Demonstration Area in 1936 and is located in southeastern Prince William County, Virginia, adjacent to the Marine Corps Base Quantico. The park is the largest protected natural area in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region at over 19,000 acres (7,700 ha). Today, the park is a window into the past and serves as an example of what much of the East Coast once looked like centuries ago.

The park serves as the largest example of Eastern Piedmont forest in the National Park System (arguably, one of the most heavily altered ecosystems in North America). The park also protects the Quantico Creek watershed. It is a sanctuary for numerous native plant and animal species. ...

Cultural resources:

The park’s cultural resources are also varied. They include:

The remnants of Joplin, Hickory Ridge, and Batestown, three small communities existing prior to the park’s establishment
The reclaimed remnants of the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine along Quantico Creek
The reclaimed remnants of the Greenwood gold mine
Products of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which built the facilities, roads and lakes from 1936 to 1942.
The U.S. Army’s Office of Strategic Services (OSS) which used the land exclusively for training spies and radio operators between 1942 and 1945 ...

History:

The park was developed by Works Progress Administration workers after the Great Depression. Landscaping and structures were designed by National Park Service architects. Four camp areas are listed individually on the National Register of Historic Places:

Goodwill Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 1
Mawavi Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 2
Orenda/SP-26 Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 3
Pleasant Historic District, Chopawamsic RDA Camp 4

The park also includes the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. The park itself was designed as the Prince William Forest Park Historic District in 2012.
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