Camp Victor Blue was the site of a Civilian Conservation Corps camp that opened in June 1933. The Civilian Conservation Corps, created that same year as a New Deal program, employed young men in conservation efforts such as reforestation and soil conservation. The camp was named for Victor Blue (1865-1928), a rear admiral in the U.S. Navy from nearby Marion, S.C. U.S. Army officers oversaw the camp, which operated under the jurisdiction of the S.C. Forestry Commission. Its enrollees primarily worked on forest fire prevention projects in Marion Co. and Dillon Co., clearing land, building fire observation towers, running telephone line, and fighting fires for local landowners. The camp closed in 1935, and the Civilian Conservation Corps was disbanded in 1942. When open, Camp Victor Blue included wooden barracks, a mess hall, a recreation building, and log cabins for officers’ quarters. The last remnants of the camp were removed by the late 2000s.