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Civilian Conservation Corps -- West River Forest Camp -- 1933-1940

Civilian Conservation Corps -- West River Forest Camp -- 1933-1940 is a Vermont historical marker in Weston, Windsor County.

Route 155, 2 miles north of Route 100, Weston

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This site marks the entrance to the West River C.C.C. Camp. The CCC was part of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal and targeted unemployed men 18-25 whose families were on relief. Nationally, over 2.5 million men were hired and paid $30 a month of which $25 went directly to their families. Men from this and other CCC camps built roads, trails and campgrounds, fought fires, planted trees and established much of the infrastructure of the early National Forest and other public lands. The remnants of this camp are down this road and within the Green Mountain National Forest.

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1823 · Vermont (Carey, 1823) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1841 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Railroad and post office map of Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1893 · Wallingford, Vermont (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering the location of Civilian Conservation Corps -- West River Forest Camp -- 1933-1940, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Vermont (Carey, 1823), 1823, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

Civilian Conservation Corps -- West River Forest Camp -- 1933-1940

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