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History Pub: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon; A Living Legacy with Glenn Voelz
August 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
$5
Amid the depths of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt formulated a bold plan for putting millions of unemployed Americans to work on the nation’s public lands. Between 1933 and 1942, over 86,000 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Oregon’s national forests, state parks, and tribal lands. Their labor transformed the landscape and created some of the state’s most beloved recreational areas.
Glenn Voelz is a local author and serves on the Deschutes County Historical Society board. His most recent book, The Civilian Conservation Corps in Oregon – A Living Legacy, is available at the Deschutes Historical Museum and local bookstores.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m., presentation begins at 7:00 p.m.