What did the Civilian Conservation Camps do? During the nine years the CCC operated, three million men learned vocational skills as they worked on erosion control, fire prevention, land reclamation, built state campgrounds across 48 states and planted millions of trees.
Where were Civilian Conservation Projects done? CCC Camps and projects were active in each of the fifty states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
What were the Corpsmen paid? $30.00 per month with the requirement that $25.00 per month be sent home to assist their families.
Corps Museum is housed in
Sebring's CCC building.
There were 22 CCC Camps
in Florida with 4,400
CCC Workers.
Each camp housed about 200 men who were assigned to projects. Vermont was the exemption with 5,300 men assigned to four camps in the Winooski River Valley.
President Roosevelt reported
to the public regularly in
African American and Native American Corpsmen lived in segregated camps as they worked on assigned projects.
The tools used by Corpsmen
were simple.
Often they worked in
remote areas without
access to electricity.
For young men from the city,
the CCC was eye opening.
They worked very hard.
Farm boys were more familiar with the type of work done by the Corps. And, they worked very hard.
A model of the Mess Hall built
by the CCC at O'Leno Forestry
Training Camp.
Corpsmen lived in dormitories.
Evenings were a time
relaxation.
Reading, card playing, chess, checkers, dancing, plays, singalongs etc. filled the evenings.
Young men are competitive
& sports helped burn off
excess energy while
providing entertainment
for the group.
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