Civilian Conservation Corps in Lee County

Civilian Conservation Corps in Lee County

Lee County, AL; Great Depression; Public Works; Education; New Deal; Alabama State Parks

During the 1930s two Civilian Conservation Corps groups were organized in Lee County. Post Number 4448 was located near Chewacla State Park and Post Number 4447 was located on South College Street in Auburn. Members of the Corps came from states throughout the South. From 1935-1941 Post 4448 built Chewacla State Park, including construction of a dam and lake, cabins, roads, trails, office, and bath houses. Education was a major benefit of joining the CCC. In Lee County classes were offered by Alabama Polytechnic Institute, in both the camps and on campus. One report from Post 4448 claimed that 92 percent of the men were enrolled in educational courses. The advent of World War II resulted in the closing of both CCC camps in 1941. Only a water tower and foundations remain from the camp of Post 4448.

Evan Isaac

Images: User hikenit, waymarking.com, http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMH65V_Chewacla_State_Park_CCC_Auburn_AL

Text: Robert Pasquill Jr., Company 4448, SP-12, Auburn Alabama, in Trails in History: Official Newsletter of the Lee County Historical Society, Vol. 42, No. 2, April 2009, 8-11. http://www.leecountyhistoricalsociety.org/trails/trailsv42n2april09.pdf

Alabama Cultural Resource Survey

2014-12-08

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