[Loscho_Enews] Free CCC Program at Everett Public Library

[Cameron Johnson]

Author, historian and artist Janet Oakley reveals some surprising facts about Civilian Conservation Corps efforts in the Washington State at 7pm Monday March 11 in the Everett Public Library Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt in Everett. Her appearance is sponsored by the library and by Humanities Washington. The program is free.

The CCC was a stimulus package, parks-building effort, and an environmental project, all rolled into one. It worked wonders during the Great Depression here in the Evergreen State.

Many of the "tree soldiers" were job-starved Easterners, brought in by train to heal the environmental scars of the West. They wore Army-type uniforms and woke to reveille each morning.  Most were 18-25 year-olds whose families were on relief. The Army provided their board and transportation to Washington State.  Many had never seen mountains before. They built their own camps from scratch.


Cameron A. Johnson
Public Programs
Everett Public Library
2702 Hoyt Avenue
Everett, WA  98201

425-257-7640
425-257-8029 (fax)
cjohnson at ci.everett.wa.us<mailto:cjohnson at ci.everett.wa.us>

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                                                         -R. Daneel Olivaw

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