CCC Camp White - Barkhamsted CT

City:: Barkhamsted, CT
Site Type:: Forestry and Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Archaeology and History, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Paths and Trails, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Historical Restoration, CCC Camps, Pest Control
New Deal Agencies:: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
Started:: 1933
Completed:: 1942

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)’s Camp White, which housed Company #106 at American Legion State Forest in Barkhamsted, Connecticut, operated from Dec. 28, 1933 to Jan. 1, 1942.

C.C.C. Museum:

This camp was named for Alan C. White, who was a leader in the campaign to purchase the land that would become Peoples State Forest. The original site of Camp White is now used as a youth group camping area and the building site and camp roads are still visible. The camp had a tree nursery and built the Stone Museum as a natural interpretive center. The museum, nursery building, and camp office are still in use today. The “CCC Boys” in the camp:

completed 8 miles of truck trails

constructed an administration building

repaired three historic homes

developed a reecreation area

participated in gypsy moth removal

created and maintained a tree nursery

built the Stone Museum Nature Center

Furthermore, “[t]hey made many trails, including a nature trail from Matthies Camp Ground through Ullman picnic area and a one-mile foot trail from Camp White to Tremendous Cliff in American Legion Forest.”