...State Forest. Like the federal armed forces, CCC camps were segregated. African Americans, however, were better represented in Pennsylvania's CCC camps than elsewhere in the nation. The nine camps, 11 percent of the total, were more than double African Americans"...

Photograph of men gathering at the mess tent for dinner.

...can take it!' Building strong bodies is a major CCC objective. More than half the enrollees who entered CCC the last year were seventeen years of age. Work, calisthenics, marching drill, good food, and medical care feature the CCC health program." by Wilfred J. Mead,...

Image of a young male worker, dressed in jeans and a hat, holding a sledge hammer.

Route 14 North of Trout Run

...to combat the Great Depression. During nine years, the CCC enrolled some 3,000,000 youths nationwide - including 194,572 men at 114 camps in Pennsylvania. Members of the 367th CCC company first arrived here, May 30, 1933. Here arose camp S-126, which became home to...

...federal government establishes a host of new agencies, including the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) to employ young men in labor camps on conservation projects. From 1933 to 1941, the CCC establishes 114 camps in Pennsylvania that employ more than 160,000 persons.

Winter image of fence and pavilion on a hillside constructed by the CCC

Winter image of fence and pavilion on a hillside constructed by the CCC

CCC workers piling stones in a creek to create a fish dam.

CCC workers piling stones in creek to create a fish dam

...of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC / engrav'd by Sam'l Hill, Boston ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... [Boston : s.n., 1792]

...of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the seat of their government, after the year MDCCC / engrav'd by Sam'l Hill, Boston ; in order to execute this plan, Mr. Ellicott drew a true meridional line ... [Boston : s.n., 1792]

CCC workers strip bark from logs.

CCC workers strip bark from logs. Camp tents apparent in background.

CCC workers hand grading a road.

Black and white photo of CCC workers hand grading road

Nine Elderly Men Sit Next To Dam They Built As CCC Boys At Laurel Hill

Color photograph taken in fall of nine men sitting next to the dam they built.

...1933 and 1941, almost 200,000 men labored in 114 CCC camps in backwoods areas across Pennsylvania. (ExplorePAHistory.com Great Depression Story, Chapter 3) These thousands of young men fought fires, planted millions of trees, surveyed areas, leveled roads, cleared...

...from modern, open pavilions or cozy, stone, CCC-built pavilions. Many hiking trails begin or pass through Parker Dam State Park and continue into the surrounding Moshannon State Forest. Some trails travel through the tornado blowdown, while others follow along streams...

Road gang from a CCC camp at Licking Creek, Mifflin County, Pa., 1933.

A group photograph of workers with tools posing for this picture.

...Deer State Forest District. In the 1930s, the CCC built the pavilions and restrooms. In 1978, the Pennsylvania Bureau of State Parks took over administration of Sand Bridge State Park. Nearby state parks are R.B. Winter and McCall Dam.For more information on any nearby...

This website provides a brief history of the Civilian Conservation Corps and details the collection of CCC material within the National Park Service History Collection.