CCC TRIVIA

Well-known motion picture and television actor, Raymond Burr, was an enrollee at Camp Whitmore, California

The Veterans Administration selected all war veteran enrollees

If an enrollee was absent without leave more than eight days, he was given a dishonorable discharge

Three days leave was granted in order for an enrollee to vote or register to vote in a primary or general election

Camps were inspected periodically and rated.  The best in a district was presented with a flag or banner

If a junior enrollee got married while in the CCC, he could finish his enlightment but could not reenlist

Hitchhiking or riding freight trains was prohibited

It cost approximately $1,000 per enrollee per year in 1940 for food, clothing, overhead and allottments to dependents

A typical enrollee was between 18 and 19 years old upon elistment, had completed eight years of school, and had been without a job for seven months prior to entering the Corps.  He weighed about 147 pounds, was 5'8" tall and served in the CCC from nine to twelve months

The U.S. Department of Labor supervised the selection of enrollees but did not make the actual selection as it had no staff for it.  The relief administration in each state made the actual selection.   In 1939, the CCC administration took over direct selection of enrollees.

In 1933, almost three-quarters of the CCC camps were in national or state forests

"We Can Take It" was the unofficial motto of the CCC used by enrollees through its nine-year history.  Two camps at Broken Arrow and Keystone, Oklahoma were named Camp We Can Take It.

In March 1933, there were an estimated 13,600,000 people unemployed in the United States

The camp with the highest elevation was in Colorodo at 9,200 feet above sea level, while the lowest was in Death Valley, California at 270 feet below sea level

Twenty-five Federal government agencies participated in some capacity in the CCC.