- City:
- Christiansted, St. Croix, VIRGIN-ISLANDS
- Site Type:
- CCC Camps, Forestry and Agriculture
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Quality of Information:
- Minimal
- Site Survival:
- Unknown
Description
The CCC built camp facilities at Estate Grand Princess (La Grande Princesse) near Christiansted. The Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for 1938 describes the CCC’s establishment and planned expansion of the camp in St. Croix, “the junior camps in St. Thomas and St. Croix have maintained their authorized enrollment of 100 men each. In the next fiscal year it is proposed to increase the enrollment of the St. Croix camp from 100 to 150 men.”
Source notes
U.S. Department of the Interior, Annual Report of the Governor of the Virgin Islands for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1938, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1938, p. 20. Territorial Projects, (https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/ccc/cccac1.htm), accessed May 10, 2017.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on May 11, 2017.
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