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Vick was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s; he provides an overview of the role of the CCC in North Carolina.
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24044
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The natural erosion of the Outer Banks concerned citizens and the U.S. government in the 1920s and 1930s. During the Great Depression, the government created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, which employed 15,000 Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps workers. These young men built vegetated sand dunes to protect the beaches and the livelihood of Outer Banks residents.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 83 Issue 4, September 2015,
p41-42, 44, il, por
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15354
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Western North Carolina became a popular destination for campers during the 1930s. CCC workers constructed and enlarged facilities in both national and state forests. With nearly $4,000,000 invested, the parks were upgraded to include shelters, open-air ovens, garbage cans, fuel, drinking waters, and other accommodations for summertime campers.
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761
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North Carolina's state park system floundered until the Great Depression and the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps.
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36606
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The author talks about work of Hugh Hammond Bennett (1881-1960) a native of Anson Co., NC who aroused the nation to the potential perils of soil erosion. His work lead to the establishment of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), Soil Conservation Service and soil conservation districts across the country.
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29986
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In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Civilian Conservation Corp as part of the New Deal Program. In a mission to help stabilize the shoreline, many men from the southern region of the United States came to the Outer Banks to erect sand fences, create sand dunes, and plant sea oats and grass.
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