Of the three million men who took part in the New Deal-era public works program, it is estimated that around 53% came from rural parts of the country. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys at work in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After closing his presentation on the Civilian Conservation Corps to about 80 people Monday at the Mohican Historical Society in ...

“In practically every case, Delaware boys are enjoying the camp life and have so expressed themselves to their commanding officers,” the Milford Chronicle reported on Sept. 15, 1933. At the time, 453 ...

The Department of Agriculture creates a separate division of forestry to address management policies of the nation’s forests. President Benjamin Harrison, Courtesy: Bureau of Printing and Engraving ...

There aren’t many signs marking their achievements and their numbers are dwindling daily. But the work undertaken by the enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps contributed much to California, ...

BRIMFIELD — The Civilian Conservation Corps employed 99,500 unskilled Massachusetts men throughout the Great Depression, leaving a legacy of forests, trails, campgrounds, and clean water and green ...

Northern Michigan is filled with forests, and when you see patches of red pine trees in perfect rows, they didn’t just appear. It’s because of the hard work by young men about 90 years ago that helped ...

Young fisherman Johnny Fitzmorris, 11, casts his line into Lake Pontchartrain at Fontainebleau State Park Friday. Fontainebleau State Park near Mandeville is turning 75, and they are honoring the ...

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began on March 31, 1933 under President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” to relieve the poverty ...