- City:
- Townsend, TN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
At peak enrollment, 4,300 workers from 23 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camps located in the Smoky Mountains constructed the roads, trails, bridges, campgrounds and structures of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The project was undertaken between 1933 and 1940.
Source notes
National Park Service. Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sign located at Rockefeller Memorial, GSMNP. National Park Service. History and Culture. Retrieved from https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/historyculture/index.htmSite originally submitted by Susan Allen on August 26, 2015.
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