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CCC camp 1460 at Greenbrier

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  • CCC camp 1460, also known as Camp David Chapman, was located in the Greenbrier Valley of the Great Smokies. The camp was located near the confluence of Rhododendron Creek and the Middle Fork of the Pigeon River. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in 1933 as a public works program during the Great Depression. Initiated under newly elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the CCC was often called “Roosevelt’s Tree Army” for its focus on conservation. FDR used existing agencies—the departments of War, Labor, Interior, and Agriculture—to quickly launch the program. Within 6 months of FDR’s inauguration, there were 250,000 recruits.
  • o \-A Camp DAVID C. CHAPMAN Civilian Conservation Corps. Co. 1460, District C Green Brier. Tenn. Copyrighted Material GreatSmokvj Mountains National Par k *rrf » f i Camp David C. Chapman, Greenbrier Camp L-to-R: L. W. Frierson, JOe Davis, Ray Taylor, Jesse Buckanan, Walter Blalock, Ed Rawlings, Webb