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Home New Mexico Chaves County Civilian Conservation Corps Camp No. 831
     

Civilian Conservation Corps Camp No. 831

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a federal program established during the Great Depression to provide jobs for the nation's young men. #831 was one of the first CCC camps in New Mexico. The men stationed here provided most of the labor to develop Bottomless Lakes State Park.



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