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I've been told that the off-road trail on the Road Fork and Whipple Sections of the Buckeye/ North Country National Scenic Trail was built by the Youth Conservation Corps in the early 1980's.  I'm not sure if they do this every year, but in the summers, the National Forest Service opens a number of summer jobs to youth in the Mid-Ohio Valley.  I've personally seen them work as they were cleaning culverts, ditches and taking out trash at the Ring Mill Campground in the Wayne National Forest - Marietta Unit.  They're a tribute to where they come from as they were intense, hard working individuals.  I was quite impressed with them actually.