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New
Hampshire Celebrates 75 years of CCC History
CCC
Exhibit developed at New Hampshire Telephone Museum
Exhibit
Photos
New
Hampshire CCC Day Proclamation - 2007
John
Wingate Weeks - 1911-Legislation creates National Forests in
the East
New
Hampshire State Parks - Bear Brook State Park & the Richard
Diehl CCC Museum
Brief
Synopsis of the CCC in New Hampshire
List
of New Hampshire Camps - NACCCA
NACCCA
Chapter 107 - 2006 Activities
NACCCA
Chapter 107 - Newsletter - June 2007 (311.64kb)
CCC
Day Proclamation - 75th Anniversary 2008
New Hampshire Governor Lynch signed the commendation in the
Executive Council Chamber on Friday, March 28, 2008.
Present at the signing: Commissioner George Bald, of the NH
Dept. of Resources and Economic Development (his father served in the
CCC's in Camden, Maine); Allison McLean, Director of the NH Division
of Parks & Recreation; Philip Bryce, Director of the NH Division
of Forests & Lands; William R. Conary, Plaistow, NH, former member
of the 1147th Co. CCC in Warner, NH; his son, Wm. R. Connary, Jr. of
Redding, MA and daughter Patricia Dell Isola of Pepperell, MA; and
Alderic O. "Dick" Violette of Warner, NH former Senior
Leaders of the 1147th Co. CCC and Historian of the New Hampshire
Chapter 107 of the Civilian Conservation Corps Alumni.
Dick Violette presented Governor Lynch a folder of information on
the CCC and on activities performed in New Hampshire parks and
forests. The packet also included a 10 page paper on "Life
in the Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933 to 1942" prepared for
the Governor. Also a reprinted copy of "Your CCC, A
Handbook for Enrollees."
Dick also presented the new "75th Anniversary of the CCC"
medals to Governor Lynch and to those present.
Commemorates CCC Company
1147
by
Alderic O. “Dick” Violette,
Chairman,
Museum Board of Directors
Former
1147th Co. CCC Senior Leader.
This
exhibit, featuring an 18-inch bronze statue of “The CCC Worker” is
displayed in the New Hampshire
Telephone Museum, 22 East Main Street, Warner, N H. The exhibit
consists of a showcase with CCC items and books on the history of the
CCC. On the walls are photos of camp personnel and rosters. The
telephone left in the Headquarters building when the camp was vacated
is also displayed. It was donated to the museum by Fred Creed the
present owner of the property. Only part of the headquarters building
remains on the site on Kearsarge Mountain Road. It was converted
to a residence years ago, however the large fireplace in the Day Room
of the Officers Quarters part of the building still remains to
identify the site as the location of the former CCC Camp. There
is some information at the local historical society and town library
about the CCC camp in Warner and a write-up in the Warner Town History
of 1974. This exhibit should generate more interest about life
in the CCC’s, particularly in the local camp and the work done in
the nearly three and a half years of its existence.
Most of
the work was in State Parks and State Forests. The main
project was the completion of a road and trail to the summit of
Kearsarge Mountain and the development of Wadleigh State Park on Kezar
Lake in North Sutton. The men did white pine blister rust
control, construction of fire roads and water-hole construction, also
fought forest fires and did restoration of roads and bridges and
clean-up after the flood of 1936 and hurricane of Sept. 1938.
The 1147th
Company CCC, was organized on June 21, 1935 by a cadre of twenty-three
Maine enrollees, from the 160th Co CCC, Greenville, Maine
under the command of Lieut. Stanton B. Blodgett. Construction of
the camp began on August 9, 1935 and was completed on October 1, 1935.
As a member of the
cadre, I was assigned the duty of Clerk of the Works. Receiving
and checking the construction material, hiring the skilled workers,
doing payrolls, checking building specifications and completion, etc..
Quite a responsibility for a 19 year old. = After the arrival of
the young men and completion of the buildings I became the P X
Steward.
One
hundred and sixty-seven Maine and New Hampshire Enrollees
arrived from Fort Preble, Maine on September 12, 1935 bringing the
camp up to full strength. On January 30, 1936, Capt. L. D. McIntosh
assumed command of the company. In July 1936 I was promoted to Senior
Leader, a position I held until November 1938 when I left to accept
employment locally,
1147th
Co CCC closed on January 24, 1942. The buildings were
used as a detention camp for conscientious objectors during World War
II and later as housing for migrant apple pickers from Jamaica.
The buildings were sold at auction and the site cleared in 1948 except
for the Headquarters building that was converted to a residence.
Exhibit
Photos:
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New
Hampshire Telephone Museum & CCC Exhibit
22
East Main Street, Warner NH 03278
603-456-2234
http://www.nhtelephonemuseum.com/
New
Hampshire CCC Day Proclamation - March 31, 2006 
As the 75th Anniversary of the
CCC approaches all states are encouraged to proclaim a CCC day of
Recognition. - Has your state officially recognized the CCC and its
contribution?
(Click image to enlarge)
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John Wingate Weeks New
Hampshire Historic site holds particular interest for students of
conservation history.
John Wingate Weeks, U.S. Legislator? What impact
did he have on the American conservation movement?
As an advocate for conservation,
in 1911 John Weeks introduced legislation that would allow the U.S.
Government to purchase land east of the Mississippi for the purpose of
restoring its natural resource systems. This land opened the way
for the the National Forest Systems in the East.
In the early 1900s the American
public was becoming increasingly aware of the devastation created by
indiscriminate land management practices. Logging, mining,
and unchecked forest fires were only a sampling of the culprits that
caused catastrophic erosion, flooding, and forest fires which caused
mountains and meadows to be void of restorative power. Land
purchased under the Weeks Law was privately owned and had lost its
productivity. Sellers were more than willing to sell this
useless land most of which was in the mountains. The first land
purchased by the government under the Weeks Law is located in Page
County Virginia in the vicinity of the George Washington National
Forest.
Today, if you look at a map of a
modern National Forest in the East you will note the rugged boundary
lines which were created because these Forests were purchased one acreage
at a time. The land that made up the National Forests of the west was
still considered public domain and had never been owned by an
individual.
For more information on John
Weeks and the Weeks Law visit the New Hampshire Division Parks and
Recreation - John
Wingate Weeks Historic Site.
New
Hampshire State Park - Bear
Brook State park and the Richard Diehl CCC Museum
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Brief Synopsis of the CCC in New Hampshire
- taken from the Tree Army by Stan Cohen:
"Most of the projects concentrated on reforestation,
forest protection, and park development. The CCC played a major
park in the rescue and cleanup work following the 1938 New England
hurricane. The Corps also preformed valuable work in controlling
forest losses caused by the gypsy moth and white pine blister
rust. More than 10,600 men from the state were enrolled and more
than 22,000 served in the state. An average of 13 camps a year
were operated with a total financial obligation within the state of
more than $21,700,000."
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Listing of New Hampshire CCC Camps: NACCCA
State Listing
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