Masten, Pennsylvania
Masten is a
History
Masten was founded as a lumber mill town in 1905 by Charles W. Sones. Sones owned the mill and town and worked under a contract with the
In April 1917 the contract with Sones expired and the mill, town, and railroads were purchased by the Central Pennsylvania Lumber Company. The mill was in operation from 1905 to September 18, 1930, when the last log was cut. After the mill closed, most of the houses were torn down and their lumber sold and the Susquehanna and Eagles Mere Railroad was abandoned.[1] On May 6, 1933, Civilian Conservation Corps "State Forest Camp" S-80-Pa was established at the site of Masten, and some of the remaining buildings were torn down to make the camp. The CCC camp closed in 1940.[2] Some families had stayed after the mill closed and during the CCC era, but in 1941 the last family left Masten.[1] As of 2007[update], only some foundations of the buildings and a smokestack are still left standing from Masten. There are still some of the original homes/structures still standing today and being used as hunting camps.
References
- ^ OCLC 1044759.
- ^ "Pennsylvania CCC Archive: Camp Information for S-80-Pa". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Archived from the original on June 9, 2011. Retrieved September 29, 2007.