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Title	History of Indian Camp Community (Upshur County, W. Va.)
Author	Huffman, C. E. ; Huffman, B. F.
Description	Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
DLA Category	Politics and Government
Place	Indian Camp (West Virginia)
Format	10 leaves (8.5 x 11 in.) duplicated typescript
Type	Text
Holding Library	West Virginia Wesleyan College
Identifier	wv00111p
Relation	Greta Proudfoot Collection
Publisher	Published by the Agrucultural Extension Division, Morgantown, W. Va.
Transcript	~ i b p ~ r eBdy C, E. and B, F. Huffrran P- r e - h i s t q r r c E- r- a - o-- f - 1- v- l- d- i an - Car 2 2m:- iu~ itx The v i c i q i t y of Iniclan Car41 is conceded by the best autnqri-t i e s t o have been the campiry. place, aqd pos5ibly tlled~~! elli: pxl ace, of the aborigivlal people of ~ ~ ! ? t ; r i caag is before the c o r ~ l n go f the 1.7hit~ R an. This a u t h o r a t i ~ r ec nqcessiqq is based n? q t: t; xibl. f: nvi - dcilces found, and to be seen, at tllr: t:! nmp Rock aqci i q i t s imriediate surr-) urciings. J! la- ny ir.~ plcments used by the In. dians such 2:; spear- ht: nds, hntcllets, and other "", inkets have beer f qund a, t tke :' i? dirtq F: 3ck and i n i t s v i c i n i t y. There is : lo dr, ubt abqut the rock at Indian Carny, hctving been used as a caripiqg place by the ' i d i n n s a3 tlie ashes from t h e i r camp f i r e s were :; everal feet deep under the T - C ! ~ ivhcn th; . white s e t t l e r s f i r s t ccme to the corrlmunity. The skull of some 1 - d i a r l , or of some unfartuqc?* tc rvhite Tar; , was fqund anoqg tht3 ash?: under the rock some years : q: o by excav3tors 71rho carre t o the rnclc i n S F : ' L ~ Co~ f Indian r e l i c s. - 3oer Indlan Cmp Received i t s ' iarle. - -- Recause of the evidences awl t r a c e s of v i s i t s by the Indi'tns t o the r ~ c ks e e n b y tkre first. c- rhitc s e t t l e r s tr, cone to the commu- \ l i t ; r , 1t 177:~ s rlarned Indian Camp Rock, and the commuqit,: r r a t u r d l l y was called Indian Camp. Ertrly Settlements Abraham Kline s e t t l e d on vhat is nois the P h i l l. i p s farm i n the years- between 1840 and 1850. He b u i l t and lived i n a log cabin scar wrherr-: t$. e ba1. l d i a ~ ~ n l lqdt' t21o I!? diari C% mp W? rnnl. :; :: i? nol lnraS 1 o? bt ed. fie sold to a r1: Lq narled ~ l urti g'? t , Cutricllt sold t o the ISqT; rees, who i n t, urn sold t o ti- le P h i l l i p l s , the pri: se~ lt 071rvlf: rS of 1, I.1 1d. Samuel McCann, the f a t h e r of Squire McCann s ~ l d the grand - f : ither of Pcv. S; zmue3. ; , lq(: aqn, u a ~ r i d , Henry, and Villiar? :'$ arm, s e t t l e d OQ tile h i l l not far frorq the p r e s e n t I- ndian Car? p U. B. Churn? 2nd near ~ nrhere John Bonnett now l i v e s , i n the years between 1840 ard lP50. Jason Loomis s e t t l e d on the farm whert: Brash Cutripht ~ 1 3 1 ~ l i v e s sornet irie between the years 1 8 4 ~ an d 1@' 0. No one l. ived between ' 1ndia. n Camp and Shgr, previous t o 1250 except ~ q d r e ~ Cvas to. He lived on the head waters nf Salir I ' i i l T Rvn 011 what i s vlo~~ vk nown as the ( : : t s t o farm and r)~ vnedb y Dlnson c u t r i c h t a t tht: prt2sent t i n e. lr 1 , McC ann, Loor. lis, aqd Casto were the only s e t t l e r s Dn the Buckhannon River betnrecn Sago and Alton previous t n the year 1870. I n the f a l l of the year 1850, Joseph and Anthow Huffnan :=& me f ~ o mH ar~~ pshirCt: o unty t o t h e Indian Camp and rloved into.. L cabin which Wntnony had b u i l t the previous sumxer, he having bc.- n to I n d i a n Camp i n Xay of the year 1870. They l. ivecl i n t h i s cabin.-. hi. ch vc't3 located just across the public ro3d i n frnnt of the Odd Fello=~ sH all u n t i l they b u i l t a house up the creek on the farm where Ot'ha 3oyles noTF$ l i v e s and moved i n t o i t , It is s t i l l stand-i r a~ nd is the oldest e x i s t i n g building i n the cormunity. Anthony. sfter~.~: trnda rried Andrrvr ( Itlstovs ( l~ tughter, L ucinda, boucht lznd, moved do~' 7n on l o \ - r e ~ 1 n d i : ~ q( l c~ rlp, ; tad s e t t l e d on the farm vofv oylrncd by 13. 17. nqd J. 77. Huffrnt~ n. I n the fall ~ f 1850, a f t e r the coming of the Huff; . clnn brothers, Henry Bean and. David Bosely came tc, Indian Camp. Bear ,. s e t t l e d an the head waters of Indian Camp x b o t ~ e where ' Dr. P. ' Ne7pcQme nol? r l i v e s. He l a t e r b u i l t and rqoved do~ nrn. t o where James Bean Ylolfl l i v e s , and f i n a l l y. to Bean's I\. lill where he erected the m i l l ~ nhich is yet standing. Bosely s e t t l e d rrhere W. P , TJewcone nO7. r I ~ v ~ s * Joseph Bosely, H e v y Bosely, Andrev Bean, a d CIilliam Bean were the next s e t t l e r s t o cone t o the community, They carne i n 1e. 53, Joseph Bosely s e t t l e d v~ here. Vvillim P h i l l i p 9 nov l i v e s. Henry... Basely moved i n t o the Huffman cabin at the Xndiac Camp Rock u n t i l b u i l t on h1. s f a r m et the place rrhere Melroy Terlney nol- r l i v e s. iindreY, r Bean moved into the property of David Bosely at the p l a c e where '' rp P. N~ 711Corne novr l i v e s , Tlilliam Bean s e t t l e d on th. e h i l l at the pltice where Sil.; zs Roway! norr l i v e s , Johnny Howes came to Indian Camp i n the years between 1P50 and 1860, bought of Cutright, arid s e t t l e d at the place where Abraham Eline had l i v e d. Thomas Bond s e t t l e d on what is known as the Gideon Hc,~ ver f a r m between 1850 and 1860, He was the f a t h e r of t h e l a t e Th~ mas Bond, and the grandfather of John Ephriarn, 2nd E l i j a h Bond, Church History The f i r s t preaching done i n the Indian Camp ennnunity TILS done under t h e I n d i a n Car~ p Rock by a United Brethren minister by the name of Benjamin Stickley, i n the year 185c, Later : A log church was b u i l t on the h i l l where the present church no" stands. The l o g building has been replaced by a frarqe house which is yet standing. William Bucklew, a German Baptist Cudcard r ~ i n i s t e r , v? a:; the first German Baptist minister f n do n i n i s t e r i a l wr! c i n the Indian Camp cormunity. He converted L i g h t persqns i n the August of 1R65. i n November of 1867, Elder S, A, Fil: e, CIillian Bucl: lev, and Jacob Thomas helu a week's meeting at the home of Henry Fultz at Waterl90 which added some more converts, The church lvas oagackaied by- l3LdCr~ Fike and Thomas i n ~ 9 7 1. I n the year 1872 the log church which nvr stands on the f ndian Camp Rock was b u i l t , It was used f o r a number 9f years, I n 1902 the class was moved t o Beant s I v I i l l , nhere a nerr church building was erected. The old log church at the Ind- ian Camp Rock, the mck, and the surroundir- g land has been purchased and n97o belongs t o an association of the U, B, Church. Previous t o the erection of the church buildings, preachin,? apporntments were arranged and preaching dqne at tlie hnries over the community and under the Indian Camp Rock. & hool Historx 3chools were taught i n the cnrmunity before the comilut of the public school system, They Isere known as subscriptinn nchqcls, the patrons personally paying the teachers f o r t h e i r teachiw. 3ne of the pupils who a t t e d e d those schools says, "" The length of the school term then was never over three months! The f i r s t school ~ rast aught i n Jqhnny Ho~ vseVhso use by Joseph Bosely whr, was the f i r s t teacher t o teach i n the Indian Carny comm~ inity, The second term of school rras a summer term and mas taueht i n a log building 7n tltha Boylesls farm by Elizabeth Bean. ard stood on the exact loc :. ttion of t : ~ co1. d 1 9 c~ hu rch that now s t a n d s o n the Indian Cam, Rock. It had a stone chimney F?. S "' Q9d V T ~ S the only m a t e r i a l t h e n used f o r heat iw purposes, T h e mood cut and prepared by the boys r r h ~ attended the school or by tkc: patrons, One rninr3o~ r. rg ave l i g h t to the p u p i l s , It rms f r ~ mf i v e t 7 seven f e e t long, and of 8 by 10 inch g l a s s s e t i l l a hand- made f:- n% f. * The s e a t s mere made of s p l i t logs, somewhat l i k e the puncheons used f o r f l o o r s i n the log cabi! i days, with p i ~ ds r i ~ ~ eivnlt o auwr holes f o r the legs. They mere arrange6 befqre the chimney o r f i r e p l a c e so that they formed the three sides of a square. The - :. riting desk was a s l a b s p l i t from a log, hewn snootlrl, and put UP against the w a l l back of the s e a t s on lvooden p i g s driven ivlto auger holi: s i n the w a l l so that the desk would s l a n t s l i g h t l y f o r -. ward toward the w r i t e r , Some of the p u p i l s had s t e e l pens, but most of them used pens made of q u i l l s from the f e a t h e r s of geese o r turkeys, For ink, maple bark was boiled and copperas was mixed lTrith it t o give i t color, Henry Bosely, the t h i r d person t o teach i n the Indian C s ~ p com, iurilty, taught the f i r s t. term of school i n t h i s nei~ rly erected school building. H i s successor v~ asC hapman Cut r i ~ h, t f ollomed b: r :-! illiar. l Be~ tvl vho t auglit tl- lo t e r n s + Rebecca Iiuffman ( Ternley) was the f i r s t teacher to teach whq received her education at Indian Camp. Jamima Huffman ( ~ o y l e s ) To rts the second followed by Robert and George d. Bosely, The f i r s t p u b l i c schqol taught at I~ ldi?" nC arlp vas taupht by Jnxes K ~ o r e of Sago, It rras taugkt i n the public school bui1. d-ing which s t b o a qn top of the k i l l \.~ est ~ f "" f i l. l. i s m f ' l : i l l i p s t r; knolrrrrlz as the Indian Carlip h i l l. The year 1867 is said t o have becn the year i n ~ h i c hit was taught, Oscar lloqre, brother of J ~ ~ c s , t a u ~ h t the public school at the I ' h i l l i y s scl~ ool ovl upper Indian Crtrp~ the f i r s t term t h e sane :? ear, Under t h e d i r e c t i o n s of tllc U, B. Association i n charge 3f the grounds and Camp Rock st Indian C n ~ p , and by the aid of the peo-p l e of the community and adjoinill{: c o m ~ u n i t i e s a b u i l d i w - cmS erected i n 1913 f o r t h e purpose of having a schqol of higher qrder t h a n t h e public s c h ~ o l , f o r church purpqses, and other corinu~ ity a c t i v i t i e s , School w a s opened i n t h i s building i v l the syring r) f 1914 under the d i r e c t i o n of P r o f , J. H. k s h ~ r r ~ r tahs s i s t e d \ y 3. G. Brooks, A very successful schooa m a s conducted durinc the succeed-ing years u n t i l 1918 when war and adverse vrorld conditions made it necessary t o abandon the school, ~~ rhichu, n fortunately, has not been re- opened, k vast amr~ unt of good was accomplished, hoarever, by the school while i n s e s s i o n both f o r the community i n vrhich it ~ ras located and f o r other cornrlul~ ities that sent s: udents t d i t. Indtlst rial H i s t qry The peoplc of Indian Camp have been ergaged i. 1 farming and lumbering p r i n c i p a l l y u n t i l in very recent years. The farming has been of a d i v e r s i f i e d character and n2inly to supply the needs of the farmer and h i s family, A g r a i n m i l l has been in operation at Bean's ? Till siqce the t i m e when Henry Bean s e t t l e d t h e r e , The f lrst lu-? bey cut on Indian Camp was sawed by h a d with savrs called whip- saws. This m~ de of manufacture mas very tedious aqd l a b o r i ~ u s , Then cane the steam smm~ il. ls, aqnumbtr of vhich have been set up and operated on Indian Camp.. kt Imperial, a s t a t i o n o n the Baltimore a- id Ohio Railro:~?, is a plant f o r the manufacture of glass sand, Three coal mines zre within the l i m i t s of the comr~ unity~ A farm club, and a boys1 and g i r l s t Four- H club have been i n our community helping and encouraging the farmers and t h e i r boys and g i r l s f o r a number of years, A f a r n women's club has been r e c e n t l y organized, Three s t o r e s and one f r a t e r n a l organization are tnrithirl the community l i m i t s , The Odd Fello~ as have t h e i r h a l l near the Cam Rock, The s p i r i t of indust r i a l and educat ional devel. opment is growiry-: r a p i d l y arnong the people of the community, pi.- ogrnphical -- - Histo ry Jarnima Boyles is the oqly perscln notn l i v i n g ( 1923) mhcl ci4me - rith the f i r s t s e t t l e r s t o cone t o Jndian Camp. She rras then qnly a small child and czme with her f a t h e r , Joseph Iluffrlan, IIer grand-f a t h e r came lvith them and is buried i n the Huffman cemetery. Frqm the Indian Camp school the follqvring persons have gqne f g r t l l as teachers: Rebecca Huffman ( ~ e n i i e y ) , J a r ~ i r ~ Hau ffman ( Boyles), V i l l i a r n Bosely, Robert Bosely, Gerlrge E. Rosely, Anna P h i l l i p s ( ~ n y d e r ) , C. E. Huffrian, A. R. Huffman, A. TI. Huffman, x e L. Huffmnn, B, A. Huffman, Anthow Linger, Nyrtle Doudin ( ~ a i q ) , and J. I ,. F u l t z. From the Upper Indiail Carip schqol the f o l l o ~ r i l ? h~ av e gone f o r t h as teachers: Samuel IIcCann, Llary J'lcCarlvl ( ~ n n n e r,) Pe3rl Thorqas ( Simovls), Rcssie Cutright ( ~ u f f m a n ) , B1a. e P h i l l i p s , Cpr~ nie I P h i l l i p s ( ~ i n k l e,) Henry Queeq, Jacob Queen, Henry Pol- rers, auld ! Esther Cutright (~ amb,) Five ministers vrho were feared and p a r t l y educated here have g9ne from the community. Sarnuc?. FlcCann, Villiam b4cCann, Ertha Bean, and Hazel F u l t z were German Baptist m i n i s t e r s , Flnyd Fultz is a United Brethren minister, Samuel McCann wras ordained as an elder of h i s denomination at Bridgewater Collcge, i n Virginia, i n 1893. He spent a number of years i n India as a mi:; nionary, came back to Apcrica, and taught i n the Collegc at Bridgevater f o r several. years, He died i n North Dakota and is buried at Bridgewater, Virginia. Villiam bIcCann is a r e s i d e n t , and m i n i s t e r , o f North Dakota, Ertha Bean r e s i d e s near Bean's I S i l l , West Virginia. Hazel F u l t z resided near Bean's 1dil. l. She died i n 1923, and i s buried i n the McCann ct: rletery. Floyd F u l t z l s residence i s at Indian Camp, but he is novr ( 1923) located a t & It. Lake Park, blaryland as the U , B. minister of t h a t charge. Tv70 d ~ c t o r sw ere reared i n our c~ mmunity, They. nere Floyd Bean of Fort P i e r c e , F l o r i d a ; and J, B. Simons of Buckhannnn, mest Virginia. One county o f f i c e r , Brnest P h i l l i p s , was reared here, and spent h i s boyhood p l a y i m over and around the old Car: p Rock. He was elected and served one t o r n as county c l e r k of Upshur county; then :' 73s r e - ~ l e c t e i i alld succeeded hirnse1. f t r , thr: sane off i c e f q r asecnyzc; c z r m vhich he is no- r st: rvinp. Fiur t ; ll. egraph operators receivc: ci t h e i r education heye. hey are Frrtnk 6. I J h i l l i p s , Chai- les Yho~ ias, Frr: qch i'honas, 2nd n. 11. i i ~ ff r ll~ n, Fr::? k E. P h i l l i p s h: ts f i l l e d some of the most responsible.. ositionn with the l e ~ ~ d i nr: g~ il. rosd anci tl: legritp21 companies of the cqunty with c r e d i t. A, I?. Huffman is the 2gen. t and operator at Ne. cxrlontqn, '" lest r i a f o r thc Bnlt irnorv avd 3hiq F'- ailrnad Gqr? p- rtny. 0q. e stenogrtq~ her, lIiss Lavida Ht; a. vl, received her educrttir) n - t Ul32er Indian (! arq) : Ichor) l, Her hone nr,:~ tei s i~ o~ F. rl. ~ r i d a. Hcr y lzcd of employme) lt 7- J; LS f ornerly Evanstoq, 1 l l. i q o i s but at prese? t % r h~ rn; ; is i n F l o r i d a. 3ur co~ i? 1: nv. lithya s furni3he3 s o l d i e r s f o r every var i n 7- rhicJ1 our country has been engaged since our war. crrith Mexico i n the f o r 2 i t s. They fought on several b a t t l e f i ~ l d sof our Civil FJar, fought the Spaniards i n 1898, dnd helped t o d r i v e t h e Germans back i n 1917. Ovzr a dozen stars deck our service f l a g , but fortunntt! ly the s t a r s & re yet 311 of one color - our boys a l l came back.
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