- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Partially Extant
Description
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp S-59-Md was located in what is known today as Swallow Falls State Park, Oakland, Maryland. It was the home of CCC Company 304.
The work of Company 304 included road construction and firefighting. From the park’s main parking lot, three CCC-built structures can be seen today – the park office, pavilion, and stone restroom.
At nearby Herrington Manor State Park, the men of Company 304 built a dam & lake, cabins, bathhouse and more. These structures are still in use.
The enrollees of Company 304 produced the camp newspaper Youghiogheny Digest (pronounced yaa-kuh-gay-nee). Numerous editions of it can be found at the Center for Research Libraries, here. (Part of the Youghiogheny River runs through Swallow Falls State Park.)
Source notes
Civilian Conservation Corps, Official Annual, 1936, District No. 2, Third Corps Area, Baton Rouge, LA: Direct Advertising Company, 1936, pp. 170-172.
“The Civilian Conservation Corps Part II: A Maryland Perspective,” Maryland Department of Natural Resources (accessed November 18, 2023).
Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 22, 2023.
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