Most Popular White Papers
Force for nature: 75 years later: the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps.(Organization overview)
New York State Conservationist, February, 2008 by Thompson, Craig
 | Content provided in partnership with |  |
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
In fall 2002, I arranged to meet Albert Lanoue, a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollee to talk about his experiences in Company 270.f
"After camp mess, I'd drive the company's garbage truck to the dump," he recalled. "I'd pull in, turn around ... and my wheels wouldn't stop turning before people would start jumping on the truck, grappling amongst each other for table scraps. Times were tough."
Lanoue managed the fleet at Camp S-72 in Delmar from 1933-36, at what is now DEC's Five Rivers Environmental Education Center. ...
Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.