- State:
- KS
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Territories & Reservations
- Started:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the Decatur Co. CCC camp in Decatur County KS in 1936.
According to the Kansas Historical Society, “The former camp ground eventually was consumed by residential and commercial development. Today no remnants of Camp Decatur are visible. […] Property divided into multiple lots including housing and industry.”
Source notes
Kansas Historical Society, accessed January 2022.
Monthly Report on Federal Water Resources Investigations and Construction Projects, 1939, accessed January 2022. .
Site originally submitted by Barbara Pendleton on January 11, 2022.
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