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CCC Camps in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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  • This 43-page manuscript, titled “CCC Camps in Great Smoky Mountains National Park” was written in 1979 by Charlotte Pyle. The history was collected as part of the Cataloochee History Project that collected photographs, stories, and oral histories about families who lived in the Cataloochee Valley. Today’s Cataloochee Valley is within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. While, in general, the Great Smoky Mountains region was sparsely populated, the Cataloochee Valley remained an exception. By 1900, the population of Cataloochee had grown to 1,000 residents living in hundreds of log and frame homes.
  • ) CCC CAMPS IN GREAT SMOKY t~10UNTAINS NATIONAL PARK 13 y C- H A 1(. L.. o 1'/0. p y· L r:;_ Af>RIL- 1'1 7 1 LIBRARY GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NAfiONAL PARK / -·--~ .. ~-.~ .. : .• ... '"-<:.·:·· .,· - ;· "n., ,r ·::-": -~ . t~ 'Y g;::=·-- - INTRODUCTION This paper evolved out of a program to map collection sites of plants collected in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In going through the herbarium at the Park, which is composed largely of collections made in the 1930s, it was found that more than a few J of the plants were described as being collected at CCC camps. Some-times the camps were referred by a name, sometimes by a number. In the 1930s everybody knew which CCC Company number went with which Camp number or name; and of course everybody knew \-Jhere the camps were. Consequently there was no written record ever made correlating CCC camp names, numbers, and locations. For purposes of mapping sites of plant collections, it became necessary to know which names and numbers referred to what locations. This paper has three parts. Part 1 is a short text explainin~ the intricacies of the numbering and naming systems used for the CCC camps in the Park. Part 2 is a matrix table correlating names, numbers, and dates of occupation of each camp in the Park. Part 3 is a series of topographic map segments showing camp locations. I would like to thank Glenn Cardwell, Kermit Caughron, Mary Ruth Chiles, John Wright Dunn, Dave Galbraith, Arvel Green, Kitty Manscill, Curtis ~1cCarter, John 0. Morrell, Mrs. Claryse rvlyers, Bill Rolen, Arthur Stupka, Ed Trout, Irene Valentine, Victor Valentine, Audley Whaley, and Dick Zani for the time they spent answerin~ mylong lists of questions. r·· l :t ( PART 1 l The first CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) camps in Great Smoky Mountains National Park were established May 25, 1933, as ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) camps. Although the term "CCC" was not officially used in reference to the camps until 1937, they will be referred to throughout .this paper as CCC camps. Twenty-three camps were authorized and twenty-t\-10 were known to have functioned during the time from 1933 to July 18, 1942, when the last three camps in the Park were officially abandoned. The CCC camps were named by their location, and in some cases also named for a person--often an Army officer. Also, the camps were frequently spoken of by number. Two systems of numbering the CCC camps and crews resulted from the fact that the enrollees were organized by • the U. S. Army into companies of men who would be moved as a unit from camp to camp. The U. S. National Park Service numbering system was with reference to the permanent CCC camp sites in a Park. In official Park Service communications N.P.-7 could mean the camp site itself, or the crew of men stationed there. At the same time, the cre\vS themselves and their Army commanders referred to both themselves and their camp site by Company number. In the summer of 1935 seven of the 2nd Corps CCC Companies were transferred from Great Smoky Mountains National Park to western states. In all but one case, replacements from the 4th CCC Corps were brought into the Park's already existing camps. So, for example, N.P.-15 at ~1ingus Creek was "Camp 1215" until July 1935 (\-Jhen Company 1215 was transferred), and continued as "Camp 4484" in August 1935 (when Company 4484 arrived). .)-...-' I ! i I j ' I l 3 r~ost of the twenty-two CCC camps in the Park were of a penna-nent nature with barracks, mess halls, a recreation building, latrine, offices, and maintenance and equipment structures. Temporary tent camps might be established by an entire 200-man Company or a 25- to 50-person crew if the ~ork site was at a distance from their permanent camp. Such camps were called side camps or spur camps. They were generally not maintained over the winter but could be found during the rest of the year where extensive construction or roadwork was being done, and in the high country where new trails were being con­structed. During spring and fall fire seasons, lookouts and fire stations were maintained by CCC personnel. In some cases the official reports of a Company's activities refer to the crew by the number of their permanent camp but use the name of their side camp, thereby creating confusion over which loca-tion a camp number actually refers to . Confusion also arises fron1 the fact that when a company made a big side camp at the site of construction of a new camp, their own camp and/or Company number would become associated with the location of the new camp . In addition, a Company might use an abandoned CCC camp site as a side camp. For example, N.P.-6 was at N.P.-8 during September 1936. Conversely, an entire Company might abandon their own camp site and move to another camp site . For example, N.P.-15 (Company 4484) moved from Mingus Creek to become N.P.-16 (at Deep Creek, during October 1935). Further confusion results from three of the camp sites having been ''double camps" with two different Companies and N.P. camp numbers under one UBRARY G!tEAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK superintendent at the same geographical location. A final source of confusion is that the mailing addresses for the various Companies were often towns at some distance from their actual camp site. The following section of this paper is a matrix table which lists the camp sites by Park Service number (N.P.-1, N.P.-2, etc.) and gives for each the location name; the name of the pe rson by which the camp was known; the name of the post-office; Company numbers (when known) of crews stationed at the camp; documented dates of occupation by the CCC; and names and/or job locations of side camps associated with each permanent camp. f·-~----- ; \ '-"l I f ~ i I ~ I I • PART 2 ( ; ---·- N.P. Location/Name 1 2 Laurel Creek Sugar lands (double camp) Camp H. A. Morgan /"' ·-------!. Post Office Co. #1 Townsend, TN 1459 Gatlinburg, TH 1458 • Documented Dates of Occupation as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. estab. June 1, 1933 camp abandoned and Company became N.P.-10 at Sugarlands, Sept. 1933 estab. June 1, 1933 abandoned mostly by July 18, 1942 Upon abandonment by the CCC, Sugarlands was then used as a work camp for con­scientious objectors in World War II. Later, the area was used as a Utility area by the Park Service until the completion of the present-day Utility area in 1953. '' f '\ \' · Names/Job loc~t;~s of Associated Side Camps N.P . 2 and N. P. 10 along horse trail: Fightin'Creek Gap to Mt. Harrison Mt. LeConte, 6200 ' along horse trail : Blanket Mtn. to camp at Brushy Mtn. (at "comparatively low altitude") along horse trail: Fightin' Creek Gap to State Line via Sugar­lands t~tn. (in "protected area") horse trail : Adminis ­trative area to Mt. Harrison foot trail: Hwy 441 to &rc.h · Aec k. · -t-r?d.J: Roar 1 n0 ~r-Ic h:> B r v sky ~ap J=" rr-,11;1.)'" (-,i!!fl) +raJ ~ f>rus'ky Gar fo mr. L.e C,nte ( (on+iM~) ( N.P. Location/Name Documented Dates of Occupation Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. (2 continued) 3 Middle Prong of the Little River LIBRARY Tremont, TH GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK 1461 estab. June 1, 1933 abandoned Nov. 15, 1941 ( 0 ·. ' Names/Job Locations of Associated Side Camps trail: Brushy Gap to Mt. LeConte Mt. Harrison trail: Mt. Collins to Sugarland Divide trail: Administrative Bldg. to Bullhead to Mt. LeConte Boundary trail from Chinquapin Ridge westward trail: Alum Cave Cr. to Mt. LeConte a side camp on the site of N.P.-8, Green­brier, is presumed to have been intermit­tently occupied by N. P.-2 1937-1938 N.P.-12 (site) at Elkmont Meigs Mt. (in farmhouse) Thunderhead Prong (tent camp) ( ~ ! ( ' t ( --~~~--....:.... --·-,j} ---------------~~"'· 1 -----------------r f ---- ~ ~ ~ Documented Dates of Occupation N.P. Location/Name Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. 4 5 6 7 8 Smokemont (double canip) Kephart Prong Cosby Creek Camp General Tyson Smokemont, NC Smokemont, NC CoSiby, TN 414 411 1462 Big Creek Mt. Sterling, 415 Crestmont (Suncrest Lumber Co's name for site) Camp Zeb Weaver Greenbrier Camp David Chapman NC Sevierville, TH., Route 10 1460 estab. May 25, 1933 camp was abandoned and N.P.-4 became N.P.-23 at Hazel Creek Sept. 30, 1939 estab. May 25, 1933 mostly abandoned by July 18 , 1942 estab. June 5, 1933 abandoned March 25, 1937 Buildings from N.P.-4 were moved to Calf Cove spur camp March 1940 The site was used as a Conscientious Objector work camp during World War II estab. May 27, 1933 Oct.-Dec. 1940 camp was a ba n do ne d by N.P.-22 and N.P.-7 became N.P.-22 at Cataloochee (completely moved by June 1939) estab. June 2, 1933 abandoned April ~8, 1936 intermittently from Sept. 1936-Nov. 1938 by N.P.-6 (and N.P.-2?) ·-·· ~ Names/Job Locations of Associated Side Camps Big Cove (Ravensford property) N.P.-16 (site) at Deep Creek Bryson Place N.P. -9 (site) at Forney Creek Big Cove N.P.-8 (site) at Greenbrier Cataloochee N.P. Location/Name 9 10 11 12 Forney Creek Sugar lands (double camp) Cades Cove Camp Genera 1 Cary F. Spence Elkmont Documented Dates of Occupation Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. ~. :.,.,r · t) Names/Job Locations of Associated Side Camps Bryson City, 413 NC estab. t~ay 25, 1933 · intermittently from spur camp for Fire (lst camp in Park) Sept. 1936-March 1938 Tower on Shuckstack Gatlinburg, TN Cades Cove, T~ 1459 1214 abandoned May 25, 1936 estab. Sept. 1933 as N. P.-10 by N.P.-1 from Laurel Creek N. P.-10 removed Jan. 1936 estab. Oct. 20, 1933 2nd Corps removed July 1935 5427 4th C9rps arrived mid-August 1935 mostly abandoned by July 18, 1942 by N.P.-5 see N.P.-2, Sugarlands Elkmont, TN 1212 estab. Oct. 20, 1933 Sept. 1936- Nov. 193b by N. P .-3 --- 422 4th Corps ~rrived Aug. 19, 1935 --- abandoned Jan. 8, 1936 ---- Jonas Creek Noland Creek see N.P.-2, Sugar lands Pierce Improvement on Miry Ridge )--~ rr .e..h . 'f. · ...)· ' ., ' '····i Names/Job Locations Documented Dates of Occupation of associated side N.P. Location/Name Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. camps 13 14 15 County Line, TK Cosby, TN Smokemont (double camp) Mingus Creek Smokemont, N'C Smokemont, Nt 1211 estab. Oct. 20, 1933 2nd Corps removed July 1935 4th Corps arrived mid-August 1935 abandoned week of Oct. 21, 1935 estab. Oct. 20, 1933 2nd Corps trans­ferred Aug. 16, 1935 3453 4th Corps arrived Aug. 26, 1935 1215 N.P.-14 not contin- 2 ued past Sept. 1935 estab. Oct. 20, 1933 2nd Corps removed latter July 1935 4484 4th Corps arrived Aug. 4, 1935 N.P.-15 abandoned and Company became N.P.-16 at Deep Creek Oct. 1935 Feb. 3-March 3, 1937; flood refugees housed on site Indian Creek Maddron Bald top of mountain up trail from Maddron Bald Grassy Gap (probably = Indian Gap} trail Big Cove (Ravensford property) Big Cove ..0 ( ,. { I ·' I: ,r } : N.P. Location/Name 16 Deep Creek 17 Black Camp Gap I I Names/Job Locations Documented Dates of Occupation of associated side Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. camps Smokemont NC \~aynes vi 11 e, NC 1216 es tab. Oct. 20, 1933 2nd Corps removed latter July 1935 4484 arrived from N.P.-15 and became N.P.-16 Oct. 1935 N.P.-16 removed Jan. 1936 preparations began near the end of May 1934 . Site offi­cially occupied as N.P.-17 on June 4, 1934 ~*" N.P.-17 re-estab­lished by an advance cre\v from N. P. -4 April 30, 1935. N.P.-4 moved in and became N.P.-17 on June 8, 1935 abandoned week of Oct. 21, 1935 intermittently from Feb. 29, 1936-March 1938 by N.P.-4 Oct. 1935 by N.P. - 14 March 2-May 15, 1936 by N.P. - 19 Oct. 1936 by N.P.-19 intermittently Nov. 1936-Aug. 1938 ~~ C.Omf'My ~.L' r H,J reul .som~ time beh.H:t.en (let. 1 - [)u_. 3 i; 1'13'1 Noland Drive Sunkata Ridge Bryson Place (side camp had barracks) N. P.- /iJ (stl-e.) f3)~k. Camp Gttf ( ' ! N.P. Location/Name Post Office Co. # 18 Round Bottom Ravens ford, 1259 NC 19 Round Bottom Ravens ford, 426 NC 20 Cataloochee \~aynes vi 11 e, 1259 NC 4483 ( . 6,0 Documented Dates of Occu~ation as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. completed estab-lishment by Nov. 30' 1934 abandoned N.P.-18 and became N.P.-20 at Cataloochee on June 8, 1935 advance crew arrived Oct. 2, 1934. Completed establish-ment by Nov. 30, 1934 N.P.-19 transferred out of Park Jan 27, 1941 advance crew Feb. -May 1936 by arrived Apr. 29' N.P.-7 1935 July-Aug. 1936 by main body arrived N.P.-7 from N.P.-18 and became N.P.-20 intermittently from on June 8, 1935 Nov. 1936-July 1938 transferred Aug. 16, 1935 4th Corps arrived about Aug. 25, 1935 N.P.-20 abandoned during week of October 21, 1935 ( Names/Job Locations of associated side camps Big Cove (beginning Sept. 1934, to pre­pare Round Bottom camp) horse trail: Hyatts Ridge #13 tc Line at McGe f'"! ..._ __ ..L. - end of Beect (to work Ba · . ..>"''" to Pin Oak Gap) VVI 11\..1 ( ( t 1- • ,,lJ 0 . . Names/Job Locations Documented Dates of Occupation of associated side N.P. Location/Name Post Office Co. # as a numbered camp as a side camp, etc. camps 21 N.P.-21 apparently was never established. 3 22 Cataloochee4 23 Hazel Creek Proctor, NC N.P.-7 began to move in in April 1939 and completed establishment, becoming N.P.-22 in June 1939 abandoned camp May 15, 1942 N.P.-4 detachment began preparing site Aug. 1939 and com­pleted establishment becoming N.P.-23 Sept. 30, 1939 abandoned April 30, 1942 LIBRARY CREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK N.P.-7 (site) Big Creek ) . ,·..;.; ·· .•, -- 13 Footnotes to Matrix Tables 1The listing of company numbers is not complete. Seven 2nd Corps companies were documented as being transferred out of Great Smoky Mountains National Park during the summer of 1935. Not all replacement companies• numbers are known. Nor is it known whether or not the remaining 2nd Corps companies were eventually replaced by the 4th Corps. When the dates a company occupied a camp are known, it is indicated by having the company number opposite those dates of occupation. If a single company is listed, one may assume that that company established the camp, but not necessarily that it remained there until the final abandonment of the camp. 2In the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archives is a typed document with "1936" pencilled on it which includes a chart of when CCC camps were occupied in the Park. N.P.-14 is not shown past the 5th enrollment period {ending September 1935). Furthermore, by looking at the Park Superintendents' Monthly Reports, where total number of CCC camps operating each month are listed along with an incomplete monthly listing of camp names and their projects, it can be inferred that after September 1935 N.P.-14 was no longer being included in the listing of total number of camps. 3 N.P.-21 was proposed and approved at "Sweet Branch," near Fontana, NC., August 1935, according to the Park Superintendent's Monthly Report. The only other mention of any N.P.-21 in the Park Superintendents • Monthly Reports is October 1939. "One 20-ton Rogers trailer.transferred back to Park from N.C. N.P.-21 Laurel Springs, N.C." There was a Laurel~. N.C. spur camp in the summer of 1939. However, by comparing the number of camps listed each month in the Park Superintendents• Monthly Reports with the incomplete monthly l.:. .____-- ' ::..,._,·:-"; ···. ) llf listings of camp activities, one can deduce that no N.P.-21 (Laurel Springs or otherwise) was ever counted in the monthly listings of total number of CCC camps in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 4 N.P.-22 was on the site of N.P.-20, Cataloochee, rather than at the Calf Cove site approved August 1935. -r-----JjJ ~; -· PART 3 Each CCC camp location is marked with an X on a topographic map section. The numbered grid lines drawn on the map sections correspond to the U.T.M. latitude and longitude numbers shown along the edges of the U.S.G.S. 7~/ Quadrangles from which the map sections were taken. LIBRARY GREAT SMOI<Y MOUNTAINS NATIONAL I' ARK ; .. ·-->--- y .J:.. ....... ~ ~~~-~--- ---~-·-·-~-· ---~-·-. ~~ P-1 L -JL/, ..._! (IL"'" k (!..._Jilt Clf)Jj)) -- -- -- - ~ [ ! I& u. s. ~ s. 7/2 I (~:oA J'J THUNDERHEAD !VJ TN, AI.C.- !EAI!V 1 I i. A/.f-2 _,, .,-, .. ·. ££¥ _L ___ JJL£&- Su~arland.s (double camp) 1'7 0' 'toO / , U.s.t:;.S 7/z l QLIAD (31-', TL I IV BURG) T E;V#. I , :;_-~ v N f.-3 18 I!J, JJ/e /1on1 oF H,e L dtlc.. f~ \ v~ r alio A nr~ lon as Tremonl- N.f.- 3 was d1 uu)ed tnro tu.~ ::- sections U.s.§.S. 7Yz'QUAD ; THUNDERHEAD MTN.) #.C.- TENAI: I~ N.P-'1 Sn JOk c..tJ /( )' ;/- ( dovble. C4rnp) -. _-.i, :.,_ . -...,. -.'. - -.-- -_.., .:._ . , r .'.. . -< ~ .. v U.S.C:J .S 7Yz' QUAD SMOKEMOAI~ k. C. 20 N.P-5 U.S. fa. s. 7/z' QUAD 5MDKEN\ONT) N C. 21 u s . G. S. '7 '1::. I Q u fl D HIJRT FORD, Ti0V;f/- /l/. C. Jl: r~ r-r /3, lj C~ee k I . I a I .so K ()D .... hl as Creshnont 3nd mr. S+erling ... ~ ~~~- t':'- . v· I .; ' U.S.(; . S. 7/~' QUAD Wit lcRV!LLE1 TE/V/11 -#.C. Z3 IV r -8 MOUNT LE CDNT~ Tfi1/;V.- Af C. AlP - 9 '' ' ' I NDL/1-A!LJ CREEK IV c. / 25 A/t.-10 N.P.-10 and N.f.-2 :v-:_z~~~ ,~-. i. :~ • J ; ' / l II \ ~---\ . i ~;;....lJ~~L- :--: '· ·. ' J ,- J .. - '-\' l ' h . .... . .. \ .. ·•- '- (.::_ . J -·~-~. U.S.~. 5 'lr~ r ()l ,AD C3ATLJNBURg} TE!V;Y. J J If// · / I ,, l \I \'• (~ ,, ) ( ( ( Z.h uS. (J. s. 7~ I QU/ID CADES c·ov~ TE##.--,[~~ C ' .' I ' , • I . ' --~;;'.···--~- ')'. I ' Y· ·: I I . . : I'' ·' t ! ,, ' '.1 .: · i I ' . ,· ~ ; ' ,·, ·:· '~. I ' ·, .. , ' ~~ ·I-: ~ I · ... ... ·1·,. 1;. N?.- 12 Elkmont j' , : ·. ' ' ' ' . ~- -.,· TEN IV I ..l . f) · /.Oiiiii;" . . ·'1~·./" . .'.·t_.~ · .r:. .; YI _· •.·. · · .. i j : ' ' 28 U.S 0. S TJYz' C,UAD }ONES COVE TENN J i i i .<! ,, I . ' N. P- ~~ Smoke: mor;t . ) (double: Wtnf - • fJY2 U.S.§. S. 1 QUAD 5MOKEMONT_, N C. : i I I ' ,., thts c.. amp haJ · rt7itrl'f botld"l<f~ 1 .Shots, ef-c:.1 ana Wei.$ l'alker Sft'e.ad out; 30 U. S . ~ - s. 712 I (JUfJD 5MOKEMON0 N.C. 31 N. P-I 6 Deep Cre~k U. S.l]. s. 8R.. YSON CJ T YJ #.C. .4.:_.-•·_ -~--:,-. \ . ,<,. '-" .. " .' ir '' . v ·· I. I i ' ·,. I . 3Z. ;V.P.- 17 clack Camp Gap U.S.G.S. 7!/z / QUAD 13U;J!C liES B/JLD) ;1/ C, 1 I II '.] f i ·1.'; ' ··I. : ' j . IV?. -- I 8 ~~Dun d 13otftJtf) (cloubl~ earn;) .33 BUNCHES BALD/ N . C. AI~- /9 l J I .·, Round J3oltorn (double. carnf) 34 U.S. g.S . 7~ I QIJ!tD BUNCHES 13/JLD _.. /V C. y I :-"-~\ i~\'} G NP. -20 Cat-a/oochee (_/. 5. ~· s. 7l.c I QUAD COVE CREEK (j;A.P, N.C. 3b N.f.-21 ;resumed lo never J.. ave i0:.n estaM~hed I I l l '- 1 1 ' f ! I I I' I I I' I I I I I l ! 1 1 ~ Jl\ j c~ N.r-22 Cetfa/oochee US. 0. S. 7Yz' QUAD ( OVE Cf\EEK cg.A P, N { .. ~ ,., Jqzq NP-23 38 Ha.ce/ Cre-e..k u.s. G. s. 7Ye.' QUAD TLJSt;EFgEE, IV, C. I I .. I k 39 BIBLIOGRAPHY Eakin, J. Ross, 1933-1942, Superintendent's Monthly Reports to Director, National Park Service, 1933-1942, U. S. Dept. of the Interior, . National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, T~nnessee. Miller, Walter W. 1974. The Civilian Conservation Corps in East Tennessee and the Great Smoky t~ountains National Park, 1933-1942. Unpublished manuscript. 34 pp. Fo llou' tn~ 15 a r. '* . /tsf- of Hu. pet'scm L<.Jiwse word / ~~t!fOfe) t-1 na.A rAncernJnr tJIL-- he3flon of e~ch CCC camp : NP.-1 Nf.-?. NP.~3 Ill f.~~ N.P. -5 AI. f -b N.P.-? N_f.·8 N P. ~"1 N.f'.-10 Af, f. -II AI.P-1'2.. N. r. -13 N.P. -1~ N. P. -J5 IV. P. ~/b N.r.- I') 111. f. -!B AJ.f. -ts . IJ.f. -~ tv. f. -zo N.f.- 22- N- P. -23 John Wr1,9ht Dunn ( fownsM) Pos+m~+er) Cur--Hs m<earf-er {mcCai'Ws SfaJ-.1~) ~dl & 9 lsn {)/t-nn GiuJweJI (tV. f. S. person 1n C~l¥ a.f Su92tdaml.s . fSd/ f?of~ ( ~c-'i:;on G.~ res,Je>J .for-rntr~ tAVolveJ vlth ((C. t.<>c·"k:J 1!>~11 Rolen . f} tJJ/~ whaJey ( f,~Q(m k.rt<f- res,J~J once we-rk.eJ a.t ,{). f -") ~til ~olen John r>?orre.ll (r t1V11I11J lt'\ 0!tt-~ {k.l:_ r:orJ {;yebl)) !!:> rl/ ~oiBI) Cur-tis fncearter tu-nJ C'at<Akr-D n ( ( ades G lie r er (l'l.(.~e aJ lorri'I.N' land oco~r) Dav-e. 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