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rs...this is approximately 1 Smiles N ot tiSL....Could th... lot i > From: iW———W— > to: ummmmmmmmm > Subject: Re: CCC Records > > Dear Ms. Ohlman: > > This is in response to your request for information about the records > of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), specifically whether or not > there were any CCC camps in Hancock County, Mississippi. > We began by searching the online camp listing at the CCC Legacy > website, http://cccleqacy.org/camps mississippi.htm We found one listing > for Company 1404 at Camp P-52 in Bay St. Louis. Checking the camp > records we have here, we found there was topographical error and the > company number is actually 1484 and they were stationed at Camp P-52, > Camp Jeff Davis, located 15 miles north of Bay St. Louis. They were > engaged in road-building, fire trail construction, and running telephone > lines through Hancock and surrounding counties. The camp opened on June > 25, 1933 we have no further record of it after the summer of 1935. We > presume it closed at sometime shortly thereafter. > We hope that this information is of assistance to you. If you have any > further questions, please feel free to respond by return e-mail or by > calling (301) 837-1993. > > > > Gene Morris > Civil Reference > NWCT2R >
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