Mill Run, which flows through the nearby Tiadaghton State Forest, enters Pine Creek at Cammal.

Around 1820, Michael Campbell began farming about 1 mile (2 km) upstream from Cammal along Pine Creek.

[4] Subsistence farming, the economic mainstay in the early decades, was joined by other enterprises after the arrival of the railroads in the latter part of the 19th century.

Residents who remained in Cammal found new sources of income: growing and selling ginseng through about 1940 to Chinese buyers from Philadelphia, providing services to tourists and sportsmen, and working for the railroad or the state forestry or highway departments.

However, in the early 21st century, the village still has a few businesses including a saloon and restaurant, a campground, and a community center in the former Odd Fellows hall.