- City:
- Ely, NV
- Site Type:
- Federal Facilities, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established a camp along Berry Creek in eastern Nevada during the 1930s. Berry Creek drains South Schell Mountain in the Schell Creek mountain range,, about 30 miles northeast of Ely, Nevada. From Camp Berry, CCC enrollees worked on projects all around the area, both for the US Forest Service (Toyaibe National Forest) and the National Park Service.
“Within six months, the men of Camp Berry Creek developed new campgrounds in the Duck Creek area, and improved existing facilities at East Creek, Bird Creek, Berry Creek, and Steptoe Creek. The men improved the recreational area at Lehman Caves [National Monument] by adding a public campground and parking areas and piping water to the park.”
We do not know the exact location of Camp Berry, but it might well at the present site of Berry Creek campground.
Source notes
Renee Corona Kolvet and Victoria Ford, The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nevada: From Boys to Men. University of Nevada Press, 2006. pp. 122-123.
Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on September 20, 2023.
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