CCC Schenectady district

Date Range

1933/1942

Title

CCC Schenectady district

What occurred

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a program that was a part of Roosevelt’s New Deal agenda to relieve young unemployed men from the depression by paying them to do conservation work around the country. The CCC was founded in 1933 and ended in 1942. CCC workers built trails, roads, campsites and dams, stocked fish, built and maintained fire tower observer's cabins and telephone lines, fought forest fires, and planted nearly 3 billion trees nationwide. This was so important as it really brought the younger generation who may have grown up in the cities to appreciate nature and understand the importance of maintaining the environment. It was also extremely popular with the people as the growing trend for conservation would continue thanks to the experience that a whole generation of young men received from the government.

Location

Schenectady, New York

Image Citation

http://gremsdoolittlelibrary.blogspot.com/2011/07/civilian-conservation-corps-ccc.html https://schenectadyhistorical.org/admin/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/CCC-Research-Guide.pdf

Student name(s)

Julien Evans