- City:
- Union, CT
- Site Type:
- Forestry and Agriculture, Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Gardens and Nurseries, Bathhouses, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.)’s Camp Graves operated between May 27, 1933 and April 22, 1936 at Nipmuck State Forest in Union, Connecticut.
Among the C.C.C. accomplishments were “8 miles of truck trails” and “fire suppression on the Connecticut—Massachusetts border.”
Additional projects are linked to from this page.
Source notes
Historical Museum of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Shenipsit State Forest: exhibit information
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on February 20, 2018.
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