1929–1930
Youghiogheny Forest Colony Is Established Near Aurora
Geologist Frank Reeves purchased about 100 acres of old-growth hemlock and hardwood forest near the West Virginia–Maryland line in 1929. Beginning around 1930, he developed the Youghiogheny Forest Colony, an informal community of approximately twelve log cabins occupied by artists, writers, architects, musicians, physicians, and other residents during the Depression years before World War II.
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Michele Moure, “Youghiogheny Forest Colony,” e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia; Traveling 219, “Transcript: Youghiogheny Forest Colony”
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