Kentucky's Civilian Conservation Corps

by Huddleston, Connie M.

• ISBN13: 9781596297296
• ISBN10: 1596297298
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-11
• Publisher: History Pr

Summary

By the Time Franklin D. Roosevelt Took his First Oath of Office, the Great Depression had virtually gutted the nation's agricultural heartland. In Kentucky, nearly one out of every four men was unemployed and relegated to a life of poverty, and as quickly as the economy deflated, so too did morale.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Life in the CCC	p. 17
The CCC's Conservation Mission in Kentucky	p. 29
Developing Kentucky's State Parks	p. 37
Veteran and African American Camps	p. 79
When the Workday Ended	p. 83
One CCC Man	p. 93
The Flood of 1937	p. 101
The Lasting Legacy of the CCC	p. 113
Soil Conservation and Other Camps	p. 121
Mammoth Cave	p. 125
Sources	p. 127
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