Civilian Conservation Corps Camp

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp (HMMWK)

Location: Rapid City, SD 57702 Pennington County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 0.109', W 103° 29.9'

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Camp F-2 (DF-2) Horse Creek: Located 2 miles W on Horse Creek. Companies: 791—5/22/33-4/30/34 2752—7/30/34-10/21/35 2761—10/25/35-01/36 2748—01/36-5/25/36

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal relief program during 1933-1942 that gave jobless men work renovating abused lands. The Army built 48 200-man camps in South Dakota and provided food, clothing, medical care, pay and programs of education, recreation and religion for 23,709 enrollees (single men aged 17-25 who sent $25 of their $30 wage to their families) and war veterans. Camps and work projects were supervised by another 2834 men. The Office of Indian Affairs ran small units for 4554 American Indians.

Camp F-2 was part of a national CCC program to renovate forests and build more recreation areas. Work projects, supervised by the USDA Forest Service, included tree thinning, pruning and planting, fire prevention and suppression; rodent, disease and insect control; grazing land improvement and recreation area development. Enrollees renovated dead, diseased, suppressed and excess trees (used for posts, poles and firewood) from hundreds of acres of pine leaving enough trees to produce good quality lumber. They removed flammable debris from forests and nearby areas and quelled forest fires. CCs built firetrails, firebreaks and roads. They constructed telephone lines to improve communications for fire control but they were also used by local residents.
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HM NumberHMMWK
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Year Placed1991
Placed ByCCC Alumni, the South Dakota State Historical Society, and the South Dakota Department of Transportation
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Date Added Wednesday, October 1st, 2014 at 7:42am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 620391 N 4873170
Decimal Degrees44.00181667, -103.49833333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 0.109', W 103° 29.9'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 0' 6.54" N, 103° 29' 54.00" W
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Area Code(s)605
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 12792-12798 Horse Creek Rd, Rapid City SD 57702, US
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