Category: History  Date: 2015-06-22
CCC Camps in 1933
Table 1. Camps Established and Companies Assembled in 1933 (1934). | |||
All the camps were located in a national forest or on state-owed land, and the initials F for those in the forests and S for those on state land were used in camp designation numbers. | |||
Camp | Co. | P.O. | |
F-1 | Mystic | 760** | Mystic |
F-2 | Horse Creek | 791 | Hill City |
F-3 | Este | 789 | Nemo |
F-4 | Pactola | 1789 | Pactola |
F-5 | Rochford | 1790 | Rochford |
F-6 | Roubaix | 792 | Roubaix |
F-9 | Hill City | 793 | Hill City |
F-10 | Rockerville | 1794 | Rapid City |
F-11 | Haselrodt | 790 | Custer |
F-12 | Custer | 1791 | Custer |
F-13 | Mayo | 1792 | Custer |
F-14 | Lightning Creek | 1783V* | Custer |
F-15 | Tigerville | 765* | Hill City |
F-16 | Oreville | 766* | Hill City |
F-17 | Calcite | 1784V | Tilford |
S-1 | Pine Creek | 1793 | Keystone |
S-2 | Doran | 1795 | Custer |
SE-207 | Farm Island | 796* | Pierre |
Hdqtrs | Ft Meade | ||
Lake Kampeska | 1784V | Watertown | |
* Enrollees from North Dakota | |||
** Enrollees from Nebraska | |||
Derschied, Lyle A. "The Civilian Conservation Corps in South Dakota, 1933-1942." Brookings, SD, South Dakota State University Foundation Press, 1986. No longer in print. Available at some libraries but may not be checked-out. |
The U.S. Post Office had transferred a number of old wire-cage, Liberty motor driven trucks to the army at Fort Snelling, MN.
![Wire Cage Liberty motor driven trucks Wire Cage Liberty motor driven trucks](imagesEditorial/6-bird-cages.jpg)
These were assigned to CCC duty in the Black Hills and driven to Fort Meade where they were immediately dubbed "bird cages."
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List of first the CCC Camps. Some of them received "Bird Cages" from the US Post Office.