Civilian Conservation Corp Camp at Harold Parker State Forest
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In the 1930s, two Civilian Conservation Corps Camps were established in Harold Parker State Forest, Camp S-5 (Company 110) and Camp S-76 (Company 167). The camps work included reforestation work, damming ponds, road and trail creation, building recreational facilities. Camp S-76 also provided assistance to local communities during emergencies. [1] [2]
Four-term Boston Mayor and one-term MA governor, James Michael Curley visited the camps with his daughter Mary in February 1935. [3]
Digitized copies of The Harold Parker Review, a type-written and hand-illustrated CCC camp newssletter are available from the Center for Research Libraries digital collections.
REFERENCES
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/civilianconserva00berg/mode/2up?q=harold+parker Civilian Conservation Corps : shaping the forests and parks of Massachusetts : a statewide survey of Civilian Conservation Corps resources]
- ↑ Annual Report of the Commissioner of Conservation and State Forester (1920-1938)
- ↑ Governor visits camp in Andover, Lawrence Evening Sun, February 17, 1935.