The Seneca Army Depot: Fighting Wars from the New York Home Front

Walter Gable, Carolyn Zogg

• Publisher: The History Press
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781614237570
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: North American History
• Index: History

Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States began to prepare to enter World War II.

When the army decided to build a depot in Seneca County in 1941, dozens of families were given only days to vacate the homes they loved and land they had farmed for generations. The depot provided vital jobs for residents, but it also continued to cause controversy even after it was established--all while providing critical support for the army through the Persian Gulf War. Since the base closed in 2000, the community has grappled with what to do with the property, including protecting the area population of white deer. Join local historians Carolyn Zogg and Walter Gable as they tell the story of the Seneca Army Depot and the lives it has affected.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1. A History of the Area
• 2. Why the Seneca County Site
• 3. The Dispossessed Families
• 4. Construction in 1941
• 5. During World War II
• 6. After World War II
• 7. “Special Weapons” and the 1983 Demonstrations
• 8. Base Closure
• 9. After the Closure of the Depot
• Acknowledgements
• Appendix I. Interviews of Various People’s Associations with the Depot
• Appendix II. Basic Fact Sheet
• Appendix III. Commanding Officers at the Seneca Depot
• Appendix IV. List of Property Owners Dispossessed in 1941
• Notes
• About the Authors