Another in my Poe Valley series which will feature caches easily accessible in an area near and dear to my heart. Caches that will not require long hikes, brush busting or a whole lot of muggle dodging, but will get you into the beautiful environs of Bald Eagle State Forest in Central Pennsylvania.
This cache will take you to the site of CCC Camp S-63-PA; Poe Valley located in Bald Eagle State Forest. The Poe Valley camp was opened June 21, 1933 and closed sometime in 1941 before July 1.The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men from relief families as part of the New Deal. Originally for young men ages 18–23, it was eventually expanded to young men ages 17–28. It was a major part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments. The CCC was designed to provide jobs for young men, to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States while at the same time implementing a general natural resource conservation program in every state and territory. Maximum enrollment at any one time was 300,000; in nine years 3 million young men participated in the CCC, which provided them with shelter, clothing, and food, together with a small wage of $30 a month ($25 of which had to be sent home to their families).
A cautionary note. This cache is located along a DCNR (Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources) road that has no winter maintenance. So use caution if hunting this cache in the winter. Four wheel drive highly recommended. A good cache for snowmobilers.