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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) 🏞️ Historical Markers
Markers relating to the Great Depression-era New Deal federal work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried young men from relief families.
By Beverly Pfingsten, July 16, 2009
CCC Headquarters Buildings
GEOGRAPHIC SORT WITH USA FIRST
| | One of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps hired unemployed young men during the Great Depression. The CCC provided training to men between the ages of 18 and 25 for work on conservation projects including . . . — — Map (db m25390) HM |
| | This plaque was dedicated by Chapter 111 Alumni by former members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the members, who served at this post and other C.C.C. camps in Maine and throughout the United States . . . — — Map (db m50361) HM |
| | This plaque was dedicated by Chapter 111 Alumni by former members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the members, who served at this post and other C.C.C. camps in Maine and throughout the United States . . . — — Map (db m55601) HM |
| | Built as a ranger residence in 1934, the Thunder Hole ranger station later housed the first interpretive displays in the park. Rangers were stationed here to answer visitor questions and present programs about the park.
The Civilian Conservation . . . — — Map (db m54414) HM |
| | In honor of the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps who, from 1933 to 1942, changed the face of Maine by building parks, roads, trails, forests and citizenship, leaving a lasting legacy to the conservation of natural resources for which all . . . — — Map (db m111015) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 1) at Depot Street, on the left when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | This plaque was dedicated by Chapter 111 Alumni by former members members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and members,
who served at C.C.C. camps in Maine and throughout the United States between the years . . . — — Map (db m125224) HM |
| Near Washington Boulevard (U.S. 1) at South Street. |
| | "There is much to be discovered < indistinguishable > way of beautiful scenery inaccessible on account of lack of trails and < indistinquishable > time this parkwill be one of the nicest in this part of the county." - Tell W. Nicolet, . . . — — Map (db m8845) HM |
| Near Catoctin Mountain Highway (U.S. 15) 0.5 miles south of Welty Road, on the right when traveling south. |
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Beginning in the 1730's, German and Swiss immigrants would traverse this area, coming from the eastern Pennsylvania en-route to the Shenandoah Valley. Many would settle on, and beside, Catoctin Mountain.
Family farms were quick to sprout up . . . — — Map (db m159915) HM |
| | Many organizations and individuals have played a part in cultivating Catoctin Mountain Parks legacy of conservation and education. Since the 1930s thousands of adults and school children have participated in learning-by-doing programs. They have . . . — — Map (db m61237) HM |
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Long before 1930, thirteen acres of low-lying land in the village of New Germany was flooded and dammed. An earthen dam was constructed, largely through the efforts of John Swauger, to hold back the waters of Poplar Lick Run for the operation of . . . — — Map (db m61167) HM |
| | In 1850, this land was the site of a three-story gristmill, which processed wheat, buckwheat and cornmeal for the people who lived in the village of New Germany. John Swauger built the gristmill piece by piece, using hardwood from his own property, . . . — — Map (db m61169) HM |
| | A nationwide program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to perform emergency natural resource conservation work on public lands. The C C C employed millions during the depression and set the standards for the development of our State and . . . — — Map (db m42005) HM |
| Near Clara Barton Parkway 1.5 miles from Capital Beltway Inner Loop (Interstate 495), on the right when traveling east. |
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After being neglected for nearly a decade, the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal received new life with the New Deal programs in the late 1930s. Two African American Civilian Conservation Corps camps were setup at nearby Cabin John and Carderock to . . . — — Map (db m105328) HM |
| Near Carderock 0.3 miles south of Clara Barton Parkway, on the left when traveling west. |
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Has a job ever rewarded you with more than a paycheck? This was the case for many young African-American men who reported for duty each morning at Camp NP-2, where you are now standing. They lived a military lifestyle as Civilian . . . — — Map (db m160754) HM |
| On Macarthur Boulevard 0.3 miles south of Clara Barton Parkway, on the left when traveling west. |
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Have you ever had difficulty finding a job? During the Great Depression of the 1930s, 15 million Americans—a quarter of the nation's workforce—were unemployed. Many people lived in poverty. African-American unemployment rates were two . . . — — Map (db m160747) HM |
| Near Glenallan Avenue east of Heurich Road, on the right when traveling east. |
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Over a hundred years ago an acorn sprouted in this spot. During its long life, the oak provided food and shelter for animals. Tree rings tell the story of a tree's life. Wide rings mean years of good growth; narrow rings may mean drought when the . . . — — Map (db m113949) HM |
| Near Washington Monument Road. |
| | Volunteer villagers of nearby Boonesboro celebrated their Independence Day July 4, 1827, by building and dedicating this first monument to the memory of George Washington. Repaired and altered many times over a hundred years by patriotic citizens, . . . — — Map (db m1908) HM |
| On Washington Monument Road 0.3 miles north of Zittlestown Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Background Overshadowed by the Battle of Antietam (near Sharpsburg), which took place three days later and resulted in a loss of 23,000 men, the Battle of South Mountain nevertheless played a crucial role in determining the outcome of . . . — — Map (db m129047) HM |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created by president Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression to provide employment opportunities and to improve the countrys forest and recreation resources.
Administration and logistics were the . . . — — Map (db m106408) HM |
| On Huron Road, on the left when traveling east. |
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Scout Barracks
In 1929, Park Commissioner Roger Andrews invited eight Eagle Scouts, including future President Gerald Ford, to serve as the “Governors Honor Guard” and tour guides at Fort Mackinac.
Scouts raised . . . — — Map (db m107087) HM |
| Near North State Street (Business Interstate 75) at Central Hill, on the right when traveling north. |
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By the 1930's, most of the Eastern Upper Peninsula's virgin forest had fallen under the axe and saw of the early loggers. Fires further ravaged the cut-over areas, leaving a barren landscape. Timber production plummeted just as the whole country . . . — — Map (db m139675) HM |
| On County Route 612 at Fish Lab Road, on the left when traveling east on County Route 612. |
| | In June 1933 two hundred unmarried, able-bodied men between the ages of seventeen and twenty-three, members of the Civilian Conservation Corps, set up camp on Hunt Creek. Soon after, they relocated to this site, which they named Camp Lunden. In 1936 . . . — — Map (db m33293) HM |
| On Fort Wayne Drive near Livernois. |
| | No hostile shots have ever been fired from this star-shaped fort built in the 1840s to guard against a British invasion from Canada which never came. This third bastion to protect the river approach to the city was named for General "Mad" Anthony . . . — — Map (db m14292) HM |
| On U.S. 169 at Central Street, on the left when traveling south on U.S. 169. |
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Names from the fur traders' phrase "The Thousand Lakes Region." This lake is 1250 feet above sea level and covers about 200 square miles. It formerly included much low ground and several adjacent lakes. When visited by Du Luth in 1679, Sioux . . . — — Map (db m78405) HM |
| Near Business U.S. 71 0.5 miles north of 10th Street Northeast, on the left when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m79461) HM |
| On Lindbergh Drive South, on the left when traveling south. |
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After Charles Lindbergh took off on his motorcycle in 1920, headed for the University of Wisconsin, he rarely came back to Little Falls. He made one visit by airplane in 1923, landing his "Jenny" - the first plane he owned - in a field near . . . — — Map (db m78196) HM |
| Near County Highway 30 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west. |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Creates the CCC
During the early 1930s close to 40% of America's youth (16 to 24 years old) were unemployed and not in school. Twenty-five percent of adult men were unemployed. Out of this great economic . . . — — Map (db m71893) HM |
| Near County Highway 30 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west. |
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"Life in a CCC camp is a different kind of life than most boys have known. An enrollee, as a CCC man is called, does not have his own private room. There is no one to pamper him. He lives with 200 other men of . . . — — Map (db m71888) HM |
| Near County Highway 30 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west. |
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The legacy of the hard work by the young men of the CCC and veterans of the VCC during the five years the camp was here lives on in the structures we still use and enjoy today.
"The CCC has . . . — — Map (db m71918) HM |
| Near County Highway 30 0.7 miles west of State Highway 4, on the right when traveling west. |
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Although Fort Ridgely had been a state park since 1911, little development for recreation had occurred. Under the direction of the Department of Interior, the National Park Service (NPS) planned, designed, and supervised the . . . — — Map (db m71881) HM |
| Near Phalen Drive north of Wheelock Parkway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | "I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice from their sorrow..." Jeremiah 31:13
With native stone and rock gathered from Civilian Conservation Corps camps in all states of the union, with stones from the . . . — — Map (db m156422) HM |
| On Xenwood Avenue at South Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south on Xenwood Avenue. |
| | During World War II, some 5,000-6,000 Japanese American soldiers, members of the U.S. Army's Military Intelligence Service, were given intensive and accelerated classes in the Japanese language at Camp Savage.
Their subsequent work translating . . . — — Map (db m41673) HM |
| On Legion State Park Drive 1 mile north of North Columbus Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Built between 1934 and 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Legion Lodge is the oldest structure within a Mississippi State Park. Constructed of stone and hand-hewn timbers, the lodge is a prime example of rustic architecture. Legion Lodge was . . . — — Map (db m140793) HM |
| On State Highway Z at Pea Vine Road (State Highway 103), on the right when traveling north on State Highway Z. |
| | During the 1930s, a depression slowly strangled the nation. By 1933, nearly 13 million people suffered unemployment. In March, newly elected president Franklin D. Roosevelt responded with a bill creating the Civilian Conservation Corps. Its purpose . . . — — Map (db m36191) HM |
| Near Remount Road at 9 Mile Road. |
| | The Ninemile Remount was, at one time, the center for the U.S. Forest Service packing activities in the Northern Rockies. Completed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, the Remount was the home roost for more than 1500 Rocky Mountain . . . — — Map (db m123063) HM |
| On Guardsman Lane at South Avenue West, on the left when traveling north on Guardsman Lane. |
| | Public Hands for Public Land Young Montanans Join Conservation Corps
The Great Depression of the 1930s left many people unemployed, but President Franklin D. Roosevelt's “New Deal” created a relief program to put people back to . . . — — Map (db m136577) HM |
| On 513 Avenue 1.4 miles north of Orchard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Prairie States Forestry Project was initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to combat the severe wind-caused soil erosion of the Dust Bowl days. From 1935 through 1942, the U.S. Forest Service, working with the Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m9633) HM |
| On Holdredge Avenue west of South Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was authorized by Congress in 1933 to provide employment and vocational training to young men during the Great Depression. The CCC worked on forestry and soil conservation projects across the nation. Company . . . — — Map (db m79890) HM |
| On Canyon Road 0.6 miles north of Industrial Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Originally a Native American trail, Bootleg Canyon – also called the Hooch Highway was a well-known backdoor into Boulder City and the Hoover Dam construction site during prohibition. Bootleggers brewed illegal alcohol in stills hidden in . . . — — Map (db m29324) HM |
| Near C Street south of Jefferson Avenue. |
| | The first school in West Las Vegas opened with two rooms and two teachers for four grades.
From 1904 until 1923, children from McWilliams' Townsite crossed the railroad tracks to get to school in Clark's Townsite. This dangerous situation . . . — — Map (db m51054) HM |
| Near South Moapa Valley Boulevard. |
| | This property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Museum was built in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps to display artifacts of prehistoric Native American cultures. — — Map (db m145956) HM |
| Near Valley of Fire Highway 2 miles west of East Entrance Station. |
| | These three cabins were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) soon after the Valley of Fire became a state park in 1935. They are constructed of native sandstone and were used for many years to shelter campers and travelers visiting the . . . — — Map (db m72360) HM |
| On U.S. 95 0.6 miles north of Buffalo Hetrick Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m59254) HM |
| Near Cathedral Gorge State Park Road 0.1 miles west of U.S. 93. |
| | More than a million years ago, a large freshwater lake covered all of Meadow Valley - the area along U.S. 93 between Caliente and Panaca. Later, uplifting and faulting of the terrain caused the waters to drain, leaving behind a thousand feet of . . . — — Map (db m62077) HM |
| On Deerfield Road at Depot Road, on the right when traveling east on Deerfield Road. |
| | The Bear Brook Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Camp was one of 28 work camps established in
N. H. between 1933 and 1942. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt started the program after the Depression
to put young unemployed men to work in . . . — — Map (db m131328) HM |
| On E Greenbush Road (County Route 654) south of Stage Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 225 Camp S-55 1933 – 1942 — — Map (db m76180) HM |
| On Voorhees Park Main Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | [Main Marker]:
On October 31, 1933, CCC Company 1268, S.P.-5, arrived at High Bridge, N.J., four years after former Governor Foster M. Voorhees donated his 325 acre farm, known as Hills Acres, to the State of New Jersey to become a park. . . . — — Map (db m16930) HM |
| | Established as a summer camp in 1936 by Robert and Hermia Lechner. Site developed through federal government's Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) programs. — — Map (db m16822) HM |
| | On New Years Eve 1783, British forces were evacuating New York City as part of their final withdrawal from the new American Nation. The British warship H.M.S. Assistance was anchored in Sandy Hook Bay when 11 seamen deserted the ship. 1st . . . — — Map (db m22579) HM |
| Near Parvin Mill Road 1.3 miles south of Almond Road (County Road 540), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Island Point was originally constructed by Company 1225 of the Civilian Conservation Corps as a picnic area. The work included the demolition of 18 cottages along the south shore of the lake, clearing of 3 acres of woods, construction of a . . . — — Map (db m153926) HM |
| Near Parvin Mill Road 1.1 miles south of Almond Road (County Road 540), on the right when traveling south. |
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Constructed by the members of Company 2229V (Veterans of WWI) Civilian Conservation Corps
1939 - 1941
Total Construction Cost $105,076.82 — — Map (db m153927) HM |
| On Coursen Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Governor Edward C. Stokes established the Board of Forest Park Reservations in 1905. The new forestry commission acquired 5,432 acres on Kittatinny Mountain in 1907 to create the E. C. Stokes Reserve. Stokes State Forest grew to 12,429 acres by . . . — — Map (db m16817) HM |
| On New Jersey Route 23, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The First Public Park Was an Urban Oasis When Europeans first arrived in America the land seemed limitless. However, by the late 1800s settlements stretched from the Atlantic to the Pacific. More people were living in crowded cities and needed . . . — — Map (db m24583) HM |
| On New Jersey Route 23, on the right when traveling north. |
| | High Point – One of New Jerseys First State Parks Like many early parks, High Point was privately owned for many years. During the early 1900s it was the summer estate of Anthony Kuser and his wife, Susie Dryden Kuser. Senator John F. . . . — — Map (db m24581) HM |
| On U.S. 285 1 mile north of State Road 438, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps was established to provide employment for the nation's young men during the Great Depression of the 1930's. More than 50,000 were enrolled in the program in New Mexico between 1933 and 1942. CCC enrollees at the Lake . . . — — Map (db m56142) HM |
| On U.S. 62 at milepost 10, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps provided employment for more than 50,000 young men in New Mexico during the great depression of the 1930's. At the National Park Service CCC Camp, they developed nearby Rattle Snake Springs into a permanent water . . . — — Map (db m61474) HM |
| On U.S. 285 at North 8th Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 285. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided employment for more than 50,000 young men in New Mexico during the Great Depression as part of President Roosevelt's New Deal Program. Three CCC companies were located where the Carlsbad Hospital now . . . — — Map (db m61461) HM |
| On U.S. 60 24 miles west of Interstate 25, on the right when traveling west. |
| | South across the road lies one of the west's historic "hoof highways" which was used annually from 1885 until 1971. Sheep and cattle were driven to and from the railroad at Magdalena, NM or to Springerville, AZ. The driveway was 5 to 10 miles wide . . . — — Map (db m60565) HM |
| Near New Hudson Road at Briggs Road. |
| | Hanging Bog is a man-made pond built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's on then federally owned land. In 1962 Hanging Bog was transferred to New York State. The pond is referred to as Hanging Bog because of its unique mat of floating . . . — — Map (db m86561) HM |
| Near Allegany State Park Rte. 1 at King's Row. |
| | 1933-1942
Allegany State Park - Salamanca, New York
Camp SP-50 - Red House - Company 1250
Camp SP-51 - Red House - Company 249
Camp SP-19 - Red House - Company 2218
Dedicated this 7th day of October 1990 to the memory of those young men . . . — — Map (db m77525) HM |
| Near Allegany State Park Road. |
| | A foundation is all that remains of a pavillion-style, outdoor museum, built by Company 249 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.). It was one of the first C.C.C. projects completed in Allegany State Park.
Articles in the Salamanca . . . — — Map (db m77526) HM |
| On South Mountain Road 0.3 miles from Allegany State Park Route 1, on the left when traveling west. |
| | This is the site of Allegany State Park's 30-meter and 50-meter ski jumps. The two jumps and the park's ski slopes at Bova were Depression-era projects constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and New York State's Temporary Emergency Relief . . . — — Map (db m77524) HM |
| On Thunder Rocks Road 0.2 miles north of Limestone Run Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Welcome to Thunder Rocks The Legend of Thunder Rocks A local legend describes a competition among the guardian spirits of rocks to determine which spirit could throw the biggest rock to the top of the mountain. A nearby Iroquois tribe, after . . . — — Map (db m155618) HM |
| On Stone Tower Road 0.5 miles west of Route ASP 1, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Stone Tower In April of 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corps to serve two purposes. The first was to put young Americans to work and the second was to accomplish conservation projects nationwide. With . . . — — Map (db m155418) HM |
| On Newtown Reservation Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Newtown Battlefield Preservation has a special place in the history of African Americans' struggle for equality in the United States. When 180 young African-American men of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1251 arrived to work on . . . — — Map (db m90317) HM |
| On Newtown Reservation Road, in the median. |
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In 1879, a crowd of thousands celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Newtown and dedicated a monument built by the Newtown Monument Association atop the hill that figured prominently in accounts of the battle. Soon after, the monument . . . — — Map (db m33484) HM |
| On New York State Route 30 0.2 miles north of Keeses Mill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Site of Camp S-60
Barnum Pond - Town of Brighton
1933-1942
U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps
Company 220
Paul Smiths, N.Y.
Honored for these accomp[lishments:
Fought fires, helped build Meacham Lake and Fish Creek Campsites, . . . — — Map (db m57181) HM |
| Near New York State Route 30. |
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Lake Durant
Named in Honor Of
William West Durant
1850 - 1934
Who Devoted Much of his Life To
Developing the Adirondacks And
Making Known their Beauties
— — Map (db m46723) HM |
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1885 - 1935
Campsite.
Sacandaga Public Campsite.
One of the First Two Built
On Forest Preserve Land In
1920 by the Conservation
Dept. For Public Recreation.
— — Map (db m32952) HM |
| Near Washington Street east of Ontario Street. |
| | The Americans suffered heavy losses and were ordered to retire and form a new defense line at their wooden barracks. it was here that some of the most intense hand-to-hand combat occurred. The U.S. regulars were trapped in their rooms stubbornly . . . — — Map (db m75774) HM |
| Near Hamlin Beach State Park Road 0.7 miles north of Lake Ontario Parkway. |
| | The young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps' Company 1252 built much of what you see in the park today, including the comfort station and concession stand here. They built these structures from heavy stone and wooden timbers that they quarried . . . — — Map (db m82682) HM |
| On Hamlin Beach State Park Road 0.5 miles north of Lake Ontario Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Originally called Northwest Beach Park when Monroe County began its development in 1929, the park's name was changed to Hamlin Beach State Park when New York State took title in January 1938. Company 1252 of the Civilian Conservation Corps arrived . . . — — Map (db m82648) HM |
| Near Hamlin Beach State Park Road 0.5 miles north of Lake Ontario Parkway. |
| | In 1935 and 1936, the young men of Civilian Conservation Corps Company 1252 pruned trees, cleared the beach, and built roads and a large parking area in the park. They also quarried stone in Orleans County that would later be used to construct the . . . — — Map (db m82655) HM |
| Near Hamlin Beach State Park Road 0.7 miles north of Lake Ontario Parkway. |
| | The West Shelter, or Shelter 3 as it is known today, was built by the men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 1252 in 1937. They quarried the stone locally and cut the timbers in the CCC camp sawmill. The West Shelter as it . . . — — Map (db m82681) HM |
| Near Town Line Road at Gilbert Lake Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Civilian Conservation Corps.
Camp SP-11 Company 212
1933-1941
Gilbert Lake State Park Laurens, N.Y.
Dedicated this 4th day of August 1985 to the
memory of those young men of the Civilian
Conservation Corps who lived and worked at . . . — — Map (db m149019) HM |
| Near un-named cul-de-sac off of Duanesburg Road. |
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U.S. Army
Rotterdam Housing Area
Home of Jimmy Carter
October 1952 - October 1953
James Earl Carter, Jr., President of the United States
1977-1981, and his wife Rosalynn, lived in Quarters
Number 7 when he . . . — — Map (db m6870) HM |
| On East Buttermilk Falls Road east of Elmira Road (New York State Route 96), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Between 1933 & 1941 men from
Civilian Conservation Corps
Company 1265 built many of
the facilities at Buttermilk
Falls & R.H. Treman St. Parks.
Town of Ithaca
1996 — — Map (db m118660) HM |
| On Creek Road (New York State Route 98) 1 mile north of Merkle Rd., on the left when traveling north. |
| | Site of
U.S. CCC Camp #1285
1935-1940
World War II P.O.W. Camp
1942-1945 — — Map (db m62084) HM |
| Near Park Road/Octagon Road 2 miles east of Denton Corners Road (County Route 38). |
| | For many enrollees, the CCC camp was their first experience away from home. Discipline, order, and uniform dress were part of the camp experience. The enrollees worked seven hours a day and then had some free time. On Saturdays, a half day was set . . . — — Map (db m143200) HM |
| Near Park Road/Octagon Road 2 miles east of Denton Corners Road (County Route 38). |
| | One of the greatest challenges to the ingenuity and perseverance of three of Letchworth State Park's four CCC camps was the construction of a trail down the sheer cliff walls to cross the Genesee River at the Lower Falls. It was Camp SP-49 that . . . — — Map (db m143199) HM |
| On Cabin Areas A and B Road 1.2 miles east of the North-South Main Park Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This statue is dedicated to the more than 3,000 men who served in four Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Letchworth State Park between 1933 and 1941. They joined more than three million others nationwide during the "Great Depression" in an . . . — — Map (db m75933) HM |
| On Cabin Areas A and B Road 1.2 miles east of the north-south main Park Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | On this field stood the 24 buildings of Camp SP-49, one of four Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Letchworth State Park. In operation from July 1935 until October 1941, Camp SP-49 included a tree nursery of over 30,000 plants for use in . . . — — Map (db m75910) HM |
| On U.S. 701 just north of North Carolina Highway 41, on the right when traveling south. |
| | An installation of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Initiated modern park improvements. Established here 1835; closed 1942. — — Map (db m60360) HM |
| On U.S. 264 at Outfall Canal Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 264. |
| | The refuge, observation tower, and hunting lodge were rehabilitated by Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees, 1934-42. — — Map (db m57012) HM |
| On Route 441 near the Appalachian Trail. |
| | You are standing alongside the Appalachian Trail, one of the longest continuous footpaths in the world. The trail winds more than 2,150 miles through 14 states. Few stretches are more remote or difficult than the section through the Great Smokies. . . . — — Map (db m20064) HM |
| | (Side One):
The Great Smokies: scenic, diverse, culturally rich.
The scenic view here are well known; lesser known is the abundance of life. The Smokies' rugged topography creates a diversity of species found in few other places in North . . . — — Map (db m20066) HM |
| On Blue Ridge Parkway (at milepost 467.9), 1.2 miles north of U.S. 441, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The Blue Ridge Parkway is a collection of diverse and inspiring places. The 469-mile road links Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Like a long beautiful ribbon connecting distinctive gems, the Parkway joins high . . . — — Map (db m150299) HM |
| On Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441), on the left when traveling east. |
| | In Honor of the Civilian Conservation Corps 1933 – 1942 whose hands built roads, trails, bridges, buildings, campgrounds, and picnic areas in Great Smoky Mountains National Park for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. . . . — — Map (db m58439) HM |
| Near U.S. 441 north of Clingman's Dome Road. |
| | Nature forged the Great Smokies, but the hands of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped shape the national park we know today. During the 1930s, enrollment peaked as 4,300 men worked here, building roads, campgrounds, trails, and buildings. . . . — — Map (db m99065) HM |
| On U.S. 276 at Government Road (Road 475) on U.S. 276. |
| | CCC camps were established as a New Deal relief measure. Camp John Rock, among first, operated here, 1933-36. — — Map (db m43543) HM |
| Near North Carolina 128 4 miles north of Blue Ridge Parkway and Route 128. |
| | Here served members of Companies 413 and 2410 at Camp SP-2 of the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933-1942) that magnificent Army of Youth and Peace which put into action the awakening of the people to the facts of conservation and recreation. May, . . . — — Map (db m108614) HM |
| On E River Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The drought and depression of the 1930s hit the badlands region hard. Small landowners, no longer able to eke out a living, sold their lands to the government with the hope of finding a new start elsewhere. Throughout the country, men were out of . . . — — Map (db m88610) HM |
| On Pacific Avenue at 4th Street, on the right when traveling west on Pacific Avenue. |
| | The Civilian Conservation Corps was a peacetime “army” of civilians between 1933 and 1941 which served to create jobs for unemployed men and to protect natural resources. Two CCC camps were located near Medora. In 1934 the CCC camp of . . . — — Map (db m87782) HM |
| On Main Street at 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | “I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps . . . We can take a vast army of these unemployed out into healthful surroundings. We can eliminate to some extent at least the threat that enforced idleness brings to spiritual and moral . . . — — Map (db m87538) HM |
| Near Double Ditch Loop 0.4 miles north of North Dakota Route 1804, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The stone shelter your are now standing by was constructed in the 1930s as one of many projects completed throughout the state by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The CCC and the WPA were programs . . . — — Map (db m154396) HM |
| On State Highway 13 0.6 miles west of Main St, on the right when traveling east. |
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This commemorative plaque is placed near the site where CCC Camp #2760 of the CCC was located in the City of LaMoure, North Dakota--when this Dam was constructed by the CCC in 1934.
CCC Co #2760 built the Dam across the James River just . . . — — Map (db m112158) HM |
| On Scenic Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The drought and depression of the 1930s hit the badlands region hard. Small landowners, no longer able to eke out a living, sold their lands to the government with the hope of finding a new start elsewhere. Throughout the country, men were out of . . . — — Map (db m88634) HM |
| Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | ”The Worker” commemorates the valuable contributions of the civilian conservation Corps (CCC) across this great country during the years 1933 to 1943. That depression-era decade was a critical period in American history. The CCC played a . . . — — Map (db m153966) HM |
| Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The civilian conservation Corps (CCC) company 2775-V of Mandan, ND Let this be a reminder to future generations of the invaluable service rendered by so many young men and preserving and maintaining parks and wildlife areas of this country. . . . — — Map (db m153965) HM |
| On U.S. 33, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Reconstructed on this site, this lookout tower once stood off S.R. 278 southwest of Nelsonville in Athens County. Known as the Snake Ridge Lookout Tower this tower was originally built in 1939.
Many of the lookout towers were built by the . . . — — Map (db m28511) HM |
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