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: I am sure I have found the location, but I am
: still going to do some research on those
: mysterious wells. Another interesting story
: about that place---One day my cousin and I
: seen a military looking jeep pull up to the
: large building that held all the reels, etc.
: He put locks on all the doors and told us to
: stay out of that building. We were 2 scared
: little girls ! HA Later, trucks came and
: emptied the building. We moved away about a
: year later.
: Thanks again, Norma
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: You can also check PGAtlas.com - it has a
: special area where you can see historic
: arial photos going back in time to the early
: 20th century. The entire county doesn't have
: historic photos, but you won't know if that
: area was photographed unless you try. I
: don't have the time to check it out.
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: I just checked Google earth. The location
: I just checked Google maps. The location of
: the old CCC camp looks as though it could
: have been right where you said. It looks as
: though it was off Powder Mill between Dairy
: Road S and Nat'l Agr Research Rd. One of
: the long rectangular buildings is still
: there, looks like, at corner of Powder Mill
: and Dairy Rd. S.
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: Glad you are having success. It all sounds
: so
: mysterious. Sometimes the government is not
: forthcoming about what they do, where, and
: why. Best wishes on your search.
: I do know that there were some locations
: around PG County that were used as missile
: silos, but this doesn't sound like the right
: time period for that.
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: RE: Thank you for your answer and
: suggestions.
: I did go into Google Earth and am almost
: sure I have found the site of those
: barracks/apartments. It is off Powder Mill
: Rd, on Edmonson Rd, near the USDA
: Agricultural center. The wells----They were
: deep and had water in the bottom. They were
: open holes and they were all over that field
: !It was very strange. If my parents had
: known that my cousin and I
: "explored" them, oh my ! Another
: thing of interest was a large
: "chimney" type structure with
: remains of burned movie reels. The reels
: looked like military training of some kind.
: There were hundreds of them around the
: chimney tower and in the large building.
: While viewing it on Google Earth, I notice a
: tan cleared area behind this housing that is
: most likely the spot where the chimney
: stood. Is it my imagination that it looks
: like a gray area where that chimney stood ?
: That was a long time ago and perhaps my
: imagination is running wild. HA Again, I
: thank you for your help. I am going to the
: site you found to see if we are looking at
: the same place. I have always wondered about
: this strange place. I want to go back
: someday.
: Norma ( Missouri)
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: Sitting here thinking. Why don't you
: contact
: the USDA? They most likely have an
: archivist who can furnish you with the info
: you desire. Just a thought...another avenue
: of possible discovery.
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:
: I was looking around the internet and came
: up with an aerial photo of possibly the camp
: you describe. I typed in CCC camp in
: Beltsville in Google and the very first hit
: was for a camp at the USDA in Beltsville.
: Bingo. Try that. I wonder what those wells
: were. Were they underground storage?
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: About 1948, we lived in Beltsville. I think
: my
: father worked at a turkey farm, most likely
: connected with the USDA. We lived in a
: "military" type building, which I
: think may have been an old CCC Camp. There
: were several of these buildings, turned into
: "apartments". One of the larger
: buildings was PACKED FULL with old
: "movie type reels, "military"
: type office furniture, typing paper, etc.
: Near the property was a field that was
: dotted with OPEN wells with ladders going
: down into the wells. A real danger for a
: curious 6 yr. old ! My question---Can
: someone tell me where this old site was
: located? Name of present day road, etc. I
: have heard there is now a housing
: development located on the site. I thank you
: for any help.
: Norma ( Missouri)
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