The Civilian Conservation Corps in Utah : remembering nine years of achievement, 1933-1942 / Kenneth W. Baldridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldridge, Kenneth W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)--History.

Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.).

Labor camps--Utah--20th century.

Labor camps.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 pages)

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press : Utah State Historical Society, [2019]

Summary:

In 1932, unemployment in Utah was about 34 percent. Nearly every state west of the Mississippi River was struggling not only with unemployment but also with drought, erosion, and overgrazing. To solve these serious difficulties, President Franklin D. Roosevelt launched what would become arguably the most popular of his New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). From 1933 to 1942, the CCC employed three million young men on land-improvement projects that are still used today. In this book, Kenneth Baldridge chronicles the work of the 10,000 men who served at Utah's 116 CCC camps. With facts and anecdotes drawn from camp newspapers, government files, interviews, letters written by enrollees, and other sources, he situates the CCC within the political climate and details not only the projects but also the day-to-day aspects of camp life. For thirty dollars a month, of which twenty-five was sent home to their folks, these young recruits planted trees; built roads, bridges, dams, and trails; fought fires; battled pests and noxious weeds; and erected cabins, campgrounds, amphitheaters, and reservoirs, and more. Today the CCC is credited with creating greater public awareness and appreciation of the outdoors. It has also served as a model for the Student Conservation Corps and other youth programs. This volume documents the public good created by the CCC, provides an extensive bibliography, and is illustrated with numerous historic and modern photos.--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The beginning

The Civilian Conservation Corps comes to Utah

Administration of the program

Those who did the work : the technical agencies

The work they did

Two major concerns : erosion and flood control

Dams, canals, and irrigation : the Bureau of Reclamation

Some camps were one or two or three of a kind

Emergencies : fires, blizzards, search and rescue

Accidents, health, and safety

Life in the camps and out

Camp and community relations

Wrapping up and winding down

Epilogue : The beat goes on

Appendix A : Army Corp areas

Appendix B : Utah Civilian Conservation Corps camp information

Appendix C : Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Utah.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-60781-652-0