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Camp Reports: Civilian Conservation Corps No. 2339C Camp
CCC No. 2399C Camp, also known as Army-3VA Camp, was located at the U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County. A racially segregated unit, it was comprised of African Americans except for assigned Army Reserve officers and other leaders. The Camp's…
Essay: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
In a chance conversation with Mary Lipsey, Bill Sheads mentioned the CCC's work in the 1930s in building a road through what was then an extensive forest, likely for fire control access. The CCC's role was all but forgotten and the road, erased by…
Essay: The CCC Road
Bill Sheads writes about the road built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s to open access to a large forested tract bounded by Old Keene Mill, Backlick, Braddock and Rolling Roads.
Created in 1933 by the federal government to…
Created in 1933 by the federal government to…
Tags: childhood, civilian conservation corps, government, lee, railroad, roads
Slideshow: Rebel Hill
Rebel Hill, a small but steep hill on Braddock Road near Wakefield Chapel Road, challenged drivers, especially in bad weather, until tamed by highway engineers in the early 1970s. A good replica of the original road exists in the bike and footpath on…
Tags: rebel hill, roads, transportation
Memories: Elizabeth Dove
Elizabeth Dove remembers Braddock Road in the 1930s, describing the neighborhood, home ownership, and daily life.
Tags: rebel hill, roads, subdivisions