- City:
- Winchester, KY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
“Like many of the newer forests purchased under the Weeks Act of 1911, the Daniel Boone (originally the Cumberland National Forest) was acquired by President Franklin Roosevelt’s administration for restoration by the newly created Civilian Conservation Corps” (nationalforests.org).
Source notes
https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/daniel-boone-national-forest-profile https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/map-widget/ccc-map/Contribute to this Site
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