the CCC camp at Big Meadows in 1934
Source: National Park Service, Panoramic image of the CCC Camp No. 2, later referred to as Camp Fechner, at Big Meadows
the CCC attracted young men who otherwise could not find work in the Great Depression
Source: National Archives, Photograph of Husky Enrollee Wielding Sledgehammer at Camp Stratford in Baynesville, Virginia