Here are some links to CCC history and information available online.

This page is to supplement the article about the CCC and Pennsylvania state parks that appears in the January/February 2021 issue.

A lot of history can be found in the links below.


The CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS, 1933-1942, A New Deal Case Study by John A. Salmond, on National Park Service website
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/ccc/salmond/index.htm



Blog of Gettysburg NPS:
Fighting Today for a Better Tomorrow: The Civilian Conservation Corps at Gettysburg



Online FLICKR photo database
https://www.flickr.com/people/122612841@N02/



DCNR CCC Story Map
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=420534213a654c2aa16a44477d163aa0&webmap=d7a8626b54c14f599088e2de015b8d5a#



Pennsylvania Conservation Heritage Project



CCC Legacy, Pennsylvania Listings
http://www.ccclegacy.org/CCC_Camps_Pennsylvania.html



CCC Dam Under Construction at Moshannon State Forest (Parker Dam State Park) YouTube video



DCNR State Park CCC history
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/History/CCCYears/Pages/default.aspx



The CCC Boys of the Pennsylvania Wilds


History of state parks in the article:

Promised Land State Park
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/PromisedLandStatePark/Pages/History.aspx
Parker Dam State Park
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/ParkerDamStatePark/Pages/History.aspx
Laurel Hill State Park
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/LaurelHillStatePark/Pages/History.aspx
Kooser State Park
https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/KooserStatePark/Pages/History.aspx



CCC links on ExplorePAHistory.com site
https://explorepahistory.com/search.php?keywords=ccc