Bronco And I Found An Abandon CCC Camp In The Desert!

watching... kinda cool - would be neat to get some idea how old some of the structures are and any historical significance. Still waiting to find out what CCC stands for LOL

It was a Depression New Deal program.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.[1] The CCC was a major part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal that supplied manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state, and local governments. The CCC was designed to supply jobs for young men and to relieve families who had difficulty finding jobs during the Great Depression in the United States.

Calgecko

watching... kinda cool - would be neat to get some idea how old some of the structures are and any historical significance. Still waiting to find out what CCC stands for LOL

Yep, what he said!

There are quite a few of these CCC built buildings and structures in many of the Texas State parks. we just spent some time in Palo Duro Canyon they have several cabins and a visitors center that over look the canyon. The CCC were very Military Like in the way their daily schedules were set up. even their uniforms were military inspired. I find it interesting that you go to different parts of the country and if you see a CCC structure you will know it. One of My Favorite CCC structures is the Pool at Balmorhea State Park Pretty cool how these 90 year old structures are still standing .

Interesting history, thanks for sharing!

There is a CCC Camp Road Just south of North East Md...

Precious bonding time with your son, priceless!

Another great video!

I wonder why it's abandon.

AcesandEights

I wonder why it's abandon.

It was abandon after the war. There just wasn't a need for the camp anymore.

This site has articles on the history of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and lists locations.
The CCC was a New Deal make-work agency, like the W.P.A. (Works Projects Administration). During the depression, there was massive unemployment, which also meant huge numbers of unemployed men with nothing to do...except make trouble, perhaps? The Roosevelt Administration came up with numerous "Alphabet Soup" agencies (CCC...WPA etc.) to get people working. The CCC was sort of volunteer work: little or no pay, but something good to do for single young men. There were CCC camps all over the country, where men made trails, built recreational facilities and structures, maintained public parks and lands, etc.
World War II ended most of these programs, as the men were needed in the military or the armament factories. Some CCC camps have been kept for historic preservation, but most have gone to ruin. Communism--its horrific side carefully kept from public view--was very appealing to many Americans back then, and these projects helped fend off the attraction of a "collectivist" economy.

https://ccclegacy.org/home.php

Great video! Oregon is 1 of 2 states that I have not been to yet and I always thought of it as mostly forest but I guess I'm not even close. Not what I was expecting. Love that you took your boy with you. It added a lot to the video.

Also, I live about 30 minutes from Kendallville, Indiana where the windmill was made. I looked it up and they are still in business. I guess they started in 1866 and that windmill is one of their claim to fame items along with a hand operated water pump. Useless information but I thought it was interesting. https://www.flintandwalling.com/about-us/

You mentioned something about not taking any of the cans or bottles with you. Are you not allowed to take anything from public lands or is it just something you don't do?

Deano Bronc

Great video! Oregon is 1 of 2 states that I have not been to yet and I always thought of it as mostly forest but I guess I'm not even close. Not what I was expecting. Love that you took your boy with you. It added a lot to the video.

Also, I live about 30 minutes from Kendallville, Indiana where the windmill was made. I looked it up and they are still in business. I guess they started in 1866 and that windmill is one of their claim to fame items along with a hand operated water pump. Useless information but I thought it was interesting. https://www.flintandwalling.com/about-us/

You mentioned something about not taking any of the cans or bottles with you. Are you not allowed to take anything from public lands or is it just something you don't do?

Great write up. Thank you for the great information! It's posted not to take any items from the site. As for BLM public land:

Minerals: You may prospect for minerals such as gold, silver and gemstones with hand tools including pans and metal detectors.

Fossils: You may collect reasonable quantities of common invertebrate fossils such as mollusks and trilobites, but this must be for personal use, and the fossils may not be bartered
or sold.

Cultural Materials: Cultural materials on public lands may not be removed, damaged, disturbed, excavated, or transferred without a BLM permit. These resources include prehistoric and historic artifacts and sites, whole or broken objects and debris that were used by humans. Protected materials include arrowheads and other stone tools, grinding stones, beads, baskets, pottery, old bottles, horseshoes, metal tools, graves, and trash scatters. Modern money may be collected, but not historic coins and artifacts. Historic sites such as cabins, sawmills, graves, trail traces, mining areas, town sites, ranches and railroads are closed to collecting.

B MIller

Great write up. Thank you for the great information! It's posted not to take any items from the site. As for BLM public land:

Minerals: You may prospect for minerals such as gold, silver and gemstones with hand tools including pans and metal detectors.

Fossils: You may collect reasonable quantities of common invertebrate fossils such as mollusks and trilobites, but this must be for personal use, and the fossils may not be bartered
or sold.

Cultural Materials: Cultural materials on public lands may not be removed, damaged, disturbed, excavated, or transferred without a BLM permit. These resources include prehistoric and historic artifacts and sites, whole or broken objects and debris that were used by humans. Protected materials include arrowheads and other stone tools, grinding stones, beads, baskets, pottery, old bottles, horseshoes, metal tools, graves, and trash scatters. Modern money may be collected, but not historic coins and artifacts. Historic sites such as cabins, sawmills, graves, trail traces, mining areas, town sites, ranches and railroads are closed to collecting.

Very interesting. Thanks for the info.