This article describes the first Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The CCC (1933-1942) was a New Deal work relief program that employed teenagers and young men, often from cities, to work in national forests and rural areas. The program attempted to deal with the twin problems of unemployment and environmental destruction. CCC workers, living in military-style camps administered by the War Department, battled forest fires, fought soil erosion, and protected wildlife habitats. The early CCC camps in Franklin county were located in state forests, although a number were later constructed on other public lands.
Greenfield Daily Recorder-Gazette. “Franklin County to get C.C. Corps Camps in Four of State Forests at Once.” May 19, 1933. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l08-038/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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