The vast virgin forests of Laurel Hill stood condemned with the advent of specialized logging railroads and geared locomotives. Shay, Heisler, and Climax engines, often called stem-winders, maneuvered along previously inaccessible shallow creeks and . . . — — Map (db m209150) HM
Easy for You, Good For Wildlife
Imagine a handsomely landscaped yard teeming with birds and butterflies flying from one beautiful flower to another. It must require hours of tedious toil and harmful chemical fertilizers, right? Not if you . . . — — Map (db m300204) HM
The CCC reshaped lives, both on and off the job. Each day began with reveille at 6:00 AM and ended with lights out at 10:00 PM Everything had a time and place including meals, education, recreation, and the fondly-remembered antics of young men at . . . — — Map (db m209140) HM
The Civilian Conservation Corps, established during the Great Depression, reduced unemployment among young men from poor families. Three million CCC "boys" engaged in conservation projects that created a legacy of national treasures including . . . — — Map (db m300221) HM
" I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...more important, however, than the material gains will be the moral and spiritual value of such work."
Franklin D. Roosevelt
March 9, 1933
Born at our . . . — — Map (db m300222) HM
One of five Recreational Demonstration Areas created in Pa. by the National Park Service during the Great Depression to improve land use. Between 1935 and 1941, workers from the CCC and WPA New Deal programs built roads, buildings, and sites here to . . . — — Map (db m191954) HM
The rugged sandstone that forms Laurel Hill is ancient, but the CCC recruits planted many of the trees in the forest around you. They stand as monuments to the ability of nature to recover from overharvesting. Laurel Hill State Park has the largest . . . — — Map (db m209146) HM
Fortunately, this landscape recovered to the expulsion of trees and other natural resources. We acknowledge our past and work to conserve for our future. The Laurel Highlands is now an area that highlights the breathtaking beauty of our natural . . . — — Map (db m209159) HM
The lumber camps followed the railroads. They were scattered across the landscape of the Laurel Highlands. Camps usually included a central boarding house and several shanties for individual families. After all trees were felled, they loaded their . . . — — Map (db m209154) HM
It had a dual purpose. Created in 1933, during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided young men an opportunity to be engaged in gainful employment while transforming hundreds of thousands of acres of American landscape. . . . — — Map (db m209136) HM
