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In the Shadow of the Mountain : The Spirit of the CCC
author
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Hill, Edwin G.
publisher
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Washington State University Press
isbn10 | asin
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0874220734
print isbn13
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9780874220735
ebook isbn13
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9780585200668
language
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English
subject
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) , Youth--Employment--United States--History, New Deal, 1933-1939, Depressions--1929--United States.
publication date
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1990
lcc
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HD6273.H535 1990eb
ddc
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333.7/2/0973
subject
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Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.) , Youth--Employment--United States--History, New Deal, 1933-1939, Depressions--1929--United States.
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In the Shadow of the Moutain
The Spirit of the CCC
Edwin G. Hill
Page iv
Washington State University Press, Pullman, Washington 99164-5910
Copyright 1990 by the Board of Regents of Washington State University
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including recording, photocopying, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Printed and bound in the United States of America on pH neutral, acid-free paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Hill, Edwin G., 1919 In the shadow of the mountain: the spirit of the CCC/by Edwin G. Hill. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-87422-073-4 (alk. paper)
1. Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.). 2. YouthEmploymentUnited States History. 3. New Deal, 1933-1939. 4. Depressions1929United States. I. Title. HD6273.H535 1990 333.7'2'0973dc20 90-12576 CIP
Cover: CCC convoy on a mountain road in the western United States. Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Library, Pullman
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Craig Holstine
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction: FDR's Civilian Conservation Corps
xiii
My Years in the CCC
Chapter One Before My Journey
1
Chapter Two The Bottom Falls Out
15
Chapter Three Camp Hard Labor Creek
23
Chapter Four Long Trail West to Camp Sunset
35
Chapter Five Camp Skamania and Mt. Adams
69
Chapter Six Camp Cougar and Mt. St. Helens
89
The CCC Story
Chapter Seven The CCC in the Pacific Northwest
97
Chapter Eight Accomplishments Across the USA
135
Chapter Nine Where Have the CCC Boys Gone?
153
Appendix One Camp Soda Springs Behavior Book
169
Appendix Two Barracks Writers
174
Appendix Three History of Fort Lewis CCC District
177
Selected References
182
Index
183
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FOREWORD
Craig Holstine
The formation of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the early 1930s represented a massive renewal of Federal involvement in the thoughtful stewardship of our nation's natural resourcesan obligation that had waned since the days of Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot. An army of enthusiastic youths enlisted in the CCC, eager to do whatever tasks they were assigned. Their many accomplishments, so aptly described by Ed Hill, remain an important legacy in the decadeslong struggle over conservation, a battle going on yet today.
In the shadow of the Mountain, however, also tells us about how the CCC changed one man's life (Eel Hill's), as well as those of his fellow enrollees. Today, we hear again and again from CCC veterans about how the 3C's turned their lives around. Desperate young men in desperate times were given the chance to be gainfully employed, learn occupations, receive education, send money home, and to earn self respect and confidence in an era of social and economic chaos. Enlistment in the CCC may not have been a positive experience for every young man, but it appears to have been so for the vast majority.
Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps a good experience for these youths, working and living under semi-military control while earning $30 a month for doing hard, physical labor, often in locales far removed from their homes? It appears that the circumstances and difficult times of the early decades of the twentieth century forged a "type" of youth particularly suited to life in the CCC's. Since World War II, of course, peace and prosperity have produced new generations (to which I belong)
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