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It was 1933 and the depth of the Great Depression. An unemployment rate of 25 percent and public interest in the conservation of our natural resources dating back four decades were significant concerns and interests. This was the social environment into which the Civilian Conservation Corps was born and in which it lived its relatively short life. The program only lasted from 1933 to 1942, but it was one of our country's most popular public programs - ever. A 1936 national Gallup Poll found that 82 percent of respondents were in favor of the CCC. The program was for young men between the ages of 18 and 25 (ultimately 28) who were on "relief." Indeed, almost three-fourths of the CCC recruits were found to be malnourished. Workers participated in the program for a minimum of si...
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The half-million men who joined the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression famously built roads and dams, planted trees and constructed lodges and museums. In New Mexico, more than 32,000 young men, unemployed and happy to work for $1 a day, plus room and board, enrolled in the program, the first to come out of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal legislation.
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CHAPMAN TOWNSHIP, Pa., Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan today joined in officially unveiling a lifesize bronze statue of a Civilian Conservation Corps worker as a monument to the corps and its work to transform the state forests, parks and natural areas of Pennsylvania and the United States. From 1933 to 1942, hundreds of thousands of unemployed men worked in CCC camps throughout Pennsylvania," Allan said. "Many of these camps were in our parks and forests. The young men built roads, fought forest fires and constructed park facilities, all for a small paycheck, most of which went home to their families. It's important to recognize these accomplishments.
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STRAWBERRY POINT, Iowa - Michigan-based author Bill Jamerson will present a music and storytelling program about the Civilian Conservation Corps at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 15, at Backbone State Park. The hour-long program will be outside the conservation corps museum. The public is invited to bring lawn chairs.
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The nation was reeling in the 1930s. In the aftermath of the stock market crash, banks and financial institutions failed. Unemployment was rampant. Food lines were common. In the midst of this hardship, the Civilian Conservation Corps was created as a two-pronged plan to generate income and to make jobs.
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OSAGE BEACH -- Destroyed by fire, the stone-and-timber Camp Pin Oak Lodge at Lake of the Ozarks State Park has been rebuilt with the same craftsmanship displayed by its original Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) crew in the 1930s. The workers on the project are students participating in an innovative partnership with State Fair Community College, trading their labor for construction experience and college credit hours.
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For many years, Civilian Conservation Corps workers have gathered on the first Saturday in July at Laurel Hill State Park to help children build bluebird boxes. I enjoy working with the children on the boxes," said Laverne John Livengood, of Somerset. "I come and help every year.
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At age 17, Thomas Desjardins joined the Civilian Conservation Corps so he could help his family in Lewiston. His mother was a widow, and Desjardins needed a job to help her pay the bills. It was 1938.
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Officials are working to create a new thematic trail that would preserve sites built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in West Virginia. The preservation trail was the brainchild of the State Historic Preservation Office and Preservation Alliance of West Virginia.
