- City:
- Winnsboro, TX
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
A Winnsboro Preservation League sign in front of the Gilbreath Memorial Library, 916 N Main St, Winnsboro, TX, notes that a segregated Civilian Conservation Corps Company (#2884-C) was located here from 1935 to 1942.
“BLACK Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Co. 2884 (C) Camp SCS-22T, Winnsboro, X, Camp consisted of 6 barracks, mess hall, bathhouse, rec-hall & headquarters, 250 enlisted men, 2 officers and 30 civilian personnel fro 1935-1942 […] Winnsboro Black CCC Camp continued operations until 1942, when manpower demands of WWII brought it to an end.”
Source notes
Waymarking: (https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMWBXJ_CCC_Camp_Company_2884_C_Winnsboro_TX), accessed September 1, 2018.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on September 1, 2018.
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