Near Burnsville in Yancey County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

North Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni

Photographed by Frank Harder Sr., August 23, 2017

1. North Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni Marker

Inscription. Here served members of Companies 413 and 2410 at Camp SP-2 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) that magnificent Army of Youth and Peace which put into action the awakening of the people to the facts of conservation and recreation. May, 1937

Erected 2003 by North Carolina Chapter 175, National Association of Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni (NACCCA).

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Horticulture & Forestry. In addition, it is included in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) series list.

Location. 35° 45.986′ N, 82° 15.91′ W. Marker is near Burnsville, North Carolina, in Yancey County. It can be reached from North Carolina 128 4 miles north of Blue Ridge Parkway and Route 128. Located in the parking lot of Mount Mitchell. Next to the parking lot is a museum, two stores and the footpath to the summit of Mount Mitchell. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2388 NC-128, Burnsville NC 28714, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in

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North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the High Country. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Elisha Mitchell (within shouting distance of this marker); Rev. Elisha Mitchell, D.D. (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The First U.S. Forest Service Tract (approx. 4.3 miles away); Memorial to the Incarcerated Railroad Workers (approx. 8.1 miles away); McDowell County (approx. 8.1 miles away); Andrews Geyser (approx. 8.1 miles away); Swannanoa Gap Engagement (approx. 8.1 miles away); Lake Susan (approx. 8½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Burnsville.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2021. It was originally submitted on September 23, 2017, by Frank Harder Sr. of Dumfries, Virginia. This page has been viewed 468 times since then and 30 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 23, 2017, by Frank Harder Sr. of Dumfries, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.