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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]
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 .
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 ...
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
CCC camp NP-2 had opened in McMillan Woods [5] (Charles Heilman was the 1936 commander). 1942-03 The McMillan Woods CCC camp was to be abandoned after becoming the 1st under an "all colored staff" in 1939. 1944-11-15 POWs moved to the former McMillan Woods CCC camp converted to the Gettysburg WWII POW Camp to replace the stockade. [6] 1949-08-09
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 ...
This prison camp, which was created to house four hundred and fifty POWs who had previously been incarcerated at the Gettysburg Armory on Seminary Ridge and a stockade that was located on the Emmitsburg Road, operated from June 29, 1945, [1]: d through April 1946 [2] at the former site of the McMillan Woods CCC camp.
The young men of the CCC camps worked to clear brush from the woods as a fire prevention measure. After clearing the woods, they planted stands of Norway Spruce and white pine, as well as an apple orchard. [2] [10] Camp-136-Pa closed on July 10, 1937. [25] The other CCC-built picnic pavilion has a hexagonal roof and is in the camping area.