The Civilian Conservation Corps was created on this day, March, 31, in 1933. A week later they were up and running and by May of 1934 the CCC began the building of Guernsey State Park.
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| CCC Worker Statue and the CCC Museum |
The first camp at Guernsey was Camp RS-1, which soon was titled Camp BR-9, the first North Platte River Project Camp in Wyoming. The camp was established on May 21, 1934, during the third of the CCCs six-month enrollment periods.
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| The Castle on the North Bluff |
The camp at Guernsey was a multiple joint project among the Bureau of Reclamation, The National Park Service and the Corps.
When the corps came to Guernsey the dam was seven years old and had no recreational offerings.
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| Stoney Gate and Spillway built by the Bureau of Reclamation |
When the corps came to Guernsey the dam was seven years old and had no recreational offerings.
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| Sitting Bull Picnic Shelter |
By 1936 the Civilian Conservation Corps reached its high point employing more than 600,000 people across the United States.
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| Inside the Museum |
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| The view from the CCC built Brimmer Point - atop Powell Mountain |
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| On a cool day in front of the Museum |
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