He also helped direct a review of the CCC’s history in the Ashland area, extensive research performed by Joan Brownell. In her report, Brownell noted: “The dry-laid, hand placed rows of ...

and we can thank Frances Perkins for getting the CCC started. It’s been called the greatest federal conservation program in U.S. history — the Civilian Conservation Corps was a workforce initiative ...

VALPARAISO — Ninety years ago, in 1933, a job training program began in the United States that brought miles of drainage work to Porter County and untold acres of new forests. The Civilian ...