Near Perry in Livingston County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Civilian Conservation Corps
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 24, 2021
1. The Civilian Conservation Corps Marker
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, 3,000 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.
Seeded 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.
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Location. 42° 42.209′ N, 77° 56.158′ W. Marker is near Perry, New York, in Livingston County. It can be reached from Park Road. 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, in the Finger Lakes, and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area. 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 (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 24, 2021
2. Close-up of photo on marker - note the fireplace in the photo
Also see . . . CCC Work Projects in Letchworth State Park at Gibsonville Camp SP-17 (in operation for 49 months). (Submitted on November 20, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York.)
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 24, 2021
3. Close-up of marker photo - CCC camp facility
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 24, 2021
4. Close-up of marker photo
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 24, 2021
5. Close-up of marker photo
Photographed by Bruce Kelly, May 21, 2021
6. The Civilian Conservation Corps Marker - next to the remains of the barracks fireplace
Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 28, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. This page has been viewed 468 times since then and 22 times this year. Last updated on March 29, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 28, 2021, by Bruce Kelly of Perry, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
