A "New Deal" @ Pickwick Traditional Cache
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This cache was placed before JAG's 2008 CITO at Pickwick in honor
of many who before us donated their time and efforts to construct,
preserve, and maintain this beautiful area.
A New Deal for the American People
Hard Times
In 1933, the United States was in the midst of the great
Depression. During this time, 12 to 15 million Americans were
jobless and hungry. Banks had failed. Drought and lack of money had
caused thousands of families to abandon their farms and homes. Many
people were forced to visit soup kitchens and stand in bread lines
for food to survive.
Solution to the Problems
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s “New Deal”
pledge produced a number of government programs to help push the
nation out of this depression. The Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC), one of the more popular New Deal programs, created jobs for
young men while improving the nation’s forests, parks, and
range lands.
The Results
Congress abolished the CCC on June 30, 1942, as the United States
entered World War II. For nine years the program kept families from
starving, employed 3 million young men, and improved the
country’s natural resources. Men from the Corps answered the
call to war well trained, physically fit, labor skilled, and with
the great CCC attitude of “We Can Take It!” changing
the nation even after the program had ended.
A New Deal for Pickwick Landing
In the summer of 1935 the TVA, the National Park Service, and the
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began work on the recreation
demonstration area. CCC Company 3459, an African American company
that named itself Company Paul Lawrence Dunbar in honor of the
black poet, built park structures over a period of years. Although
blacks built the park, it was a segregated whites-only
facility.
From 1935 to 1938, the Dunbar Company built trails, cabins, walls,
restrooms, and picnic shelters. One extant stone and timber shelter
expresses well the rough-hewn appearance of Government Rustic
style. From this vantage point are three different views of
Pickwick Lake. Nearby the CCC-constructed restroom is the large
Pickwick White Sulphur cemetery, a poignant reminder of the vibrant
rural community that had lived here before the construction of the
TVA complex. Hundreds of white and black farm families and tenants
were relocated for the dam, reservoir, and park.
The Civilian Conservation Corps and Pickwick Landing State
Park
Few men have the satisfaction of knowing they have made a
contribution in their lifetime that will last through the ages and
touch the lives of millions.
Men of the CCC know that feeling well. The Civilian Conservation
Corps was launched April 5, 1933, as a move to alleviate distress
caused by unemployment through the establishment of a chain of
camps where young men would work on forest and park conservation
projects and soil erosion on farms, under the management of Army
personnel. They were paid $30 per month of which $25 was sent home.
They also received housing, food, medical and dental care as well
as educational benefits.
The young men of the CCC who served in this park and 76 other CCC
camps throughout Tennessee are part of the “CCC” legacy
in Tennessee. We hope these historical monuments will promote among
Tennesseans and the Nation an understanding and appreciation for
the work the CCC did and the philosophy of conserving our natural
and cultural resources.
In our nine year existence, we labored to beautify
your land and we pass it into your hands. The preservation of this
country will remain strong as long as the flame of freedom is
filled by creative thoughts and accomplishments and not by
negligence. If you and future generations see fit to raise voices
in song of praise for us…We will consider this our
reward.
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