The Civilian Conservation Corps was a Federal work-relief program during the Great Depression. From 1933 to 1942, the CCC provided work for 31,097 jobless men in South Dakota — about 22,000 enrollees (single men aged 17-25), about 1,700 veterans, 4,554 American Indians and 2,834 supervisors. The U. S. Army provided 200-man camps, food, clothing, medical care and pay, and educational, recreational and religious programs. The Office of Indian Affairs provided similar services for units on Indian reservations.
Work projects, supervised by the National Park Service, were in the 243,302-acre Badlands National Monument. Enrollees constructed a 20,000-gallon sump and pump house on the White River, 5 miles of ditch 6 to 12 feet deep, a reservoir 9 feet deep and 50 feet in diameter at Cedar Pass, and the connecting 4- and 6-inch pipes. They built the checking station at Pinnacles and the custodian's residence at Cedar Pass,graveled Sage Creek road, back-sloped roadsides and surveyed proposed development sites. Camp NP-3 was established to eliminate traveling 40 miles each way from Camp NP-2 to build the water system.
| HM Number | HMUGL |
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| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1990 |
| Placed By | CCC Alumni, The South Dakota State Historical Society,The State Department of Transportation and Badlands National Park |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 9:03pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14T E 266774 N 4856668 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.82628333, -101.90048333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 49.577', W 101° 54.029' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 49' 34.62" N, 101° 54' 1.74" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 605 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 401-595 Unnamed Road, Philip SD 57567, US |
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