Newton Lake CCC Camp

Newton Lake CCC Camp. . This F-9 Hill City Civilian Conservation Corps CCC) Camp was established in March 1933. Congress began the program to address severe unemployment and poverty during the Great Depression and later terminated it in 1942, during World War II., The CCC built 28 camps in the Black Hills and Cave Hills of South Dakota, which usually housed 200 CCC workers. The CCC camp located here was first occupied in 1933 and abandoned in July 1936. In 1934, the dam on Newton Creek created the pond now known as Newton Lake. The creek is believed to be named after an early 1800s homesteader, William Newton. The CCC built 22 structures here including barracks, headquarters building, maintenance shop, recreation building, supply house, mess hall, infirmary, bath house, and barn. In addition to these facilities, this camp was the location of one of three CCC radio stations in the South Dakota District., (photo captions) , Work Wagons . Timber Work . Receiving Radio Transmissions . Working on the Road . Mess Hall , Photos are not specific to Newton lake camp but represent typical CCC activities. , Source: New Deal Network Photo Library, Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration.