The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began on March 31, 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Conservation Work Act. At 3 p.m. on July 25, 1934 the first truckload of enrollees were dropped off at this camp near Castle Rock. This was company 1845. They lived in 30 tents before the camp buildings were finished in September 1935. The buildings consisted of five barracks, a recreation hall, a mess hall, a headquarters building and a washroom. The remains of some of these buildings can still be seen.
Most enrollees were between 17 and 23 years of age and made $30 per month, sending $25 home, which was usually "back east."
Nicknamed, Roosevelt's Tree Army, the men were responsible for planting 3 billion trees, protecting timber areas from fire, stabilizing irrigation systems and establishing areas of soil erosion control. They operated under the Army's supervision. The program slowly dissolved as the economy recovered and the nation's thoughts turned to war.
Locally, they provided emergency clean-up work when the 1935 flood hit the county.
This camp is to be turned into a 2-acre park.
The above coordinates might have been a motor-pool building.
For the following coordinates, email the name of the structure that can be seen.
39 24.155, -104 48.878.
It is on private property and there is no need to go there.
Look around the area and you can see other structures.
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