page_title: Michigan Heritage Park
section_title: Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933
hierarchical_section_title: Michigan Heritage Park / The trail / Civilian Conservation Corps: 1933
caption_attribution_description: English: Civilian Conservation Corp Camp
context_page_description: The Michigan Heritage Park was an open-air museum that spanned 10,000 years of Michigan history. It consisted of a half-mile trail loop that started with a pre-historic mastodon exhibit and ended at a Civilian Conservation Corps camp exhibit. The historical exhibits are recreations. The park was operated by Muskegon's Lakeshore Museum Center.
context_section_description: The stock market crashed on October 29, 1929, which was a precursor and causation of the Great Depression. The nation’s unemployment was 25% at the beginning. Franklin D. Roosevelt became president in 1933. One of the first things he did was form the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was part of that to create employment. The work provided improved deforestation erosion and soil quality. The work for the young men opened up and made available public lands that otherwise was inaccessible.
  The Civilian Conservation Corps camp representation of a 1933 CCC tent was near the Michigan farmhouse at the end of the half-mile park tour. Groups of young people that want to worked as park volunteers would work with the park staff from here. Some attendees that didn't especially want to be volunteers may be recruited also.
caption: Civilian Conservation Corp camp
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