Civilian Conservation Corps Camps D-Army-1 and SCS-6 (Fechner)
N 44° 24.711 W 103° 28.973
13T E 620789 N 4918737
D-Army-1, the only camp in South Dakota where work was supervised by the U.S. Army, made physcial improvements to Fort Meade. SCS-6 demonstrated the value of contour and strip farming, shelter belts, stock dams, and pasture furrows to reduce erosion
Waymark Code: WM1ZVN
Location: South Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2007
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The CCC was a federal work-relief program during the Great Depression.
The SCS-6 Camp was used as a prisoner-of-war compound during WWII.