The Civilian Conservation Corps in Clark County, Nevada
Title | The Civilian Conservation Corps in Clark County, Nevada PDF eBook |
Author | William Gregory White |
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Pages | 116 |
Release | 2003 |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada
Title | The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada PDF eBook |
Author | Renée Corona Kolvet |
Publisher | University of Nevada Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2015-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0874176891 |
The Great Depression of the 1930s had a devastating impact on sparsely populated Nevada and its two major industries, mining and agriculture. Luckily, thanks to Nevada’s powerful Senate delegation, Roosevelt’s New Deal funding flowed abundantly into the state. Among the programs thus supported was the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal program intended to provide jobs for unemployed young men and a pool of labor for essential public lands rehabilitation projects. In all, nearly thirty-one thousand men were employed in fifty-nine CCC camps across Nevada, most of them from outside the state. These “boys,” as they were called, went to work improving the state’s forests, parks, wildlife habitats, roads, fences, irrigation systems, flood-control systems, and rangelands, while learning valuable skills on the job. Rural communities near CCC camps reaped additional benefits when local men were hired as foremen and when the camps purchased supplies from local merchants. The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada is the first comprehensive history of the Nevada CCC, a program designed to help the nation get back on its feet, and of the “boys” who did so much to restore Nevada’s lands and resources. The book is based on extensive research in private manuscript collections, unpublished memoirs, CCC inspectors’ reports, and other records. The book also includes period photographs depicting the Nevada CCC and its activities.
Civilian Conservation Corps in Northern Nevada
Title | Civilian Conservation Corps in Northern Nevada PDF eBook |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 1992 |
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The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942
Title | The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942 PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Paige |
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Pages | 264 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) |
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Civilian Conservation Corps Contributing to the Defense of the Nation
Title | Civilian Conservation Corps Contributing to the Defense of the Nation PDF eBook |
Author | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) |
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Pages | 16 |
Release | 1941 |
Genre | World War, 1939-1945 |
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Directory of Federal and State Departments and Agencies in Nevada
Title | Directory of Federal and State Departments and Agencies in Nevada PDF eBook |
Author | Government Reports Office |
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Pages | 64 |
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Objectives and Results of the Civilian Conservation Corps Program
Title | Objectives and Results of the Civilian Conservation Corps Program PDF eBook |
Author | Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) |
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Pages | 42 |
Release | 1938 |
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