Laurel Park in Henderson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
CCC Rock Walls
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2024
1. CCC Rock Walls Marker
Inscription.
CCC Rock Walls. . In 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act forming the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC). The resolution organized and employed unmarried young men, ages 18-25, to battle against the destruction and erosion of the country's natural resources. In N.C. the CCC helped to construct the Blue Ridge Parkway, planted trees to restore clear-cut forests, built bridges, restored watersheds, and constructed and revitalized parks and recreation sites. Most men of the CCC went on to world war two battlefronts in 1942, thus ending a successful New Deal program. This rock wall, extending 2,264 feet along Laurel Park Highway, is one of several CCC projects in Henderson County.
In 1933, during the depths of the Great Depression, the U.S. Congress
passed the Emergency Conservation Work Act forming the Civilian
Conservation Corp (CCC). The resolution organized and employed
unmarried young men, ages 18-25, to battle against the destruction
and erosion of the country's natural resources. In N.C. the CCC
helped to construct the Blue Ridge Parkway, planted trees to restore
clear-cut forests, built bridges, restored watersheds, and constructed
and revitalized parks and recreation sites. Most men of the CCC went
on to WWII battlefronts in 1942, thus ending a successful New Deal
program. This rock wall, extending 2,264 feet along Laurel Park
Highway, is one of several CCC projects in Henderson County.
Location. 35° 18.347′ N, 82° 29.875′ W. Marker is in Laurel Park, North Carolina, in Henderson County. It is on Laurel Park Highway 0.4 miles west of Hebron Road, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hendersonville NC 28739, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Mountains and in Greater Asheville. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, 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.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2024
2. CCC Rock Walls Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 475 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on February 13, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
