In addition, watchmen often had small gardens to provide fresh vegetables to their summer diets.
They cooked, sewed, cut wood for fuel, and protected their camps and food from bears, deer, and other animals.
The watchman in 1915 wrote on the back of the photo, calling the camp a "fine little camp."
He noted it had good beds, a cook stove, good dishes and a spring nearby. He also cited its distance from Skinner, Eustis (2 miles), Blakeslee (5 miles), Spence Depot Camp ( 1 1/2 miles) and 1 mile from the Tumbledown tower.
