Perry in Wyoming County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2021

1. The Civilian Conservation Corps Marker

Inscription.
During the depths of the Great Depression, Franklin D. Roosevelt devised a plan by which the government would create jobs for unemployed young men restoring our natural resources. On March 31, 1933, a bill establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was passed and the president’s goal was realized. New York State Parks took advantage of this new program to develop its facilities by creating four CCC camps at Letchworth State Park. Between 1933 and 1941, 3000 men lived and worked at Letchworth State Park’s Gibsonville, Great Bend, St. Helena, and Lower Falls camps. Visitors to Letchworth State Park can still find many reminders of the CCC’s accomplishments.

This was the site of SP 17 Gibsonville Camp

The young men of the Gibsonville Camp:

• Constructed shelters, fireplaces, rail fences, cabins, comfort stations, and the main park road from Mt. Morris to the Wolf Creek area.
• Seeder and planted shoulders and rights of way.
• Conducted trail and woods cleanup.
• Operated one of two quarries in the park.
• Removed dead trees and brush.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these

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topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Parks & Recreational Areas. In addition, it is included in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is March 31, 1933.

Location. 42° 42.216′ N, 77° 56.19′ W. Marker is in Perry, New York, in Wyoming County. It can be reached from Park Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Perry NY 14530, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

and in the Finger Lakes.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Gibsonville Camp 40, SP 17 (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named The Civilian Conservation Corps (within shouting

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2021

2. The Civilian Conservation Corps Marker

distance of this marker); Former Site of Gibsonville (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Cabin Area C & Caretaker's Cabin (approx. 0.8 miles away); Gardeau Tract (approx. 1.8 miles away); Mount Morris Dam Commemorative Kiosk (approx. 2½ miles away); Why Was This Dam Built? (approx. 2½ miles away); Dam Facts (approx. 2½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Perry.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 12, 2021

3. The Civilian Conservation Corps Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 21, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 124 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 29, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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