CCC Camp S-57-PA (Paradise Furnace) - James Creek, Pennsylvania
N 40° 18.628 W 078° 07.645
17T E 744105 N 4466176
This marker is located signifying the site of Camp SP-57-PA, which is located within Trough Creek State Park on Trough Creek Drive in Todd Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMFJVN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2012
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CCC Camp S-57-PA (Paradise Furnace) - James Creek, Pennsylvania
information excerpted from the Trough Creek State Parkwebsite
In 1933, to relieve the rampant unemployment of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The young men in the CCC received food, clothes and a small paycheck in return for building roads, trails and recreational facilities, fighting forest fires, planting trees and doing many other conservation activities.
In June of 1933, Company 1331 arrived and lived in tents while they built Camp S-57, named Camp Paradise Furnace. The young men planted trees, constructed roads and trails, and created Trough Creek State Park, which opened in 1936. World War II ended the CCC and Camp S-57 closed in 1941.