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Black Moshannon State Park is just one of many examples of the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps throughout central Pennsylvania. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Beaver Meadow CCC Camp S-71 was built in May 1933 near the abandoned village of Beaver Mills, and was one of the first CCC camps built to expand recreational facilities in Pennsylvania. [ 3 ]
Captain Francis J. Moran moved from Camp Renaissance to become the new camp NP-2 commander in October 1933 [2] (supervisors under Superintendent Farrell included Charles Heilman in 1936, and Major Renn Lawrence was the 1937 CCC sub-district commander.) The camp opened a new recreation hall in 1934 and provided manpower for building the veterans ...
Pages in category "Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
HAER No. PA-442, "McKenna–Jojo Air Lease, Kane, McKean County, PA", 7 photos, 2 color transparencies, 30 measured drawings, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) No. PA-25, " Allegheny National Forest, CCC Camp ANF-1, Marienville, Forest County, PA ", 66 photos, 28 data pages, 10 photo caption pages
On May 22, 1933, the United States Government officially opened the Pine Grove Furnace Civilian Conservation Corps Camp, which it designated as Camp S-51-PA. Like other camps of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), S-51-PA was administered under the auspices of the United States Army. S-51-PA was part of Company 329 of the CCC. The men of S ...
Men from CCC Camp S-88-Pa, based at nearby Lyman Run in Potter County, [27] were also active in the park. In 1939, they built a structure at Cherry Springs which is "the largest and most unique of the CCC-built picnic pavilions " in the state, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . [ 21 ]
A CCC camp, Richmond Furnace Camp PA-SP-54, was built at the site of Cowans Gap State Park. At first the young men lived in tents , but they soon built cabins (which are still in use at the park). The young men of the CCC also planted thousands of acres of new trees, built four bridges, 30 miles (48 km) of state roads, 32 miles (51 km) of fire ...
Laurel Hill State Park is a 3,935-acre (1,592 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Jefferson and Middlecreek Townships, Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Laurel Hill Lake is a 63-acre (25 ha) man-made lake with a dam that was constructed during the Great Depression by the young men of CCC camps NP-5-PA (first called SP-8-PA) and SP-15-PA.