Mountain Memories: CCC Companies Travel to Mount Rainier

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) played a fundamental role in developing early Mount Rainier National Park between 1933-1940. CCC companies consisted of groups of 18-25 year old, single men with families (part of their wages were sent home) who worked for six month enrollment periods during the summer. The first five companies at Mount Rainier included three from New York, one from Illinois, and one from western Washington. Do you have a relative that worked with the CCC?
Mount Rainier National Park Archives Footage (mora_24690, excerpt of “Emergency Conservation Work in Mount Rainier National Park”). No audio. Available with audio description at go.nps.gov/MMe....

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So many tracks gone that used to be part of the nation's rail system, the main transportation for Americans before the interstate highways were built. Its cool to see this film of CCC recruits in the little town of Enumclaw, Washington. You gotta wonder how they liked the quiet farming community back then. Now its best known as the location of western Washington fairgrounds, and its growing, but its still quite a distance to bigger cities here.