CCC Camp Site
N 30° 56.502 W 095° 55.696
15R E 220222 N 3426818
The historic marker at the spot of a CCC Camp in Madison County in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Waymark Code: WMKR16
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2014
Views: 4
One of many Civilian Conservation Corps camps throughout Texas, this one operated in Madison County and some of the surrounding counties. The marker is west of Madisonville on the US190/SH 21, about a mile from the courthouse.
Marker Number: 11252
Marker Text:
A part of the national Civilian Conservation Corps program of the New Deal era, Camp Sam Houston in Madisonville was a soil conservation camp. Begun in July 1935 and occupied by workers one month later, the camp provided jobs for 196 men. Members of the camp worked with area farmers and ranchers, demonstrating techniques of soil erosion control and pasture management. Covering a radius of 21 miles, CCC improvement projects included all of Madison County, as well as portions of Grimes, Leon, and Walker Counties. The camp was closed in 1941. (1988)
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