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The Civilian Conservation Corps In Arizona's Rim Country: Working In The Woods (Wilbur S. Shepperson Series in Nevada History) Hardcover – July 17, 2006

by Robert J. Moore (Author)

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Part of the massive relief effort of Roosevelt's New Deal, the ccc was created in 1933 to give young men an opportunity to work and make money to help families devastated by the Great Depression, and to participate in forest and conservation projects across the country. In Arizona, thousands of young men, many of them from the industrial Northeast, served in the state's ccc forest camps. Arizona's Mogollon Rim is a spectacular expanse of cliffs that slices through half the state, stretching from Sedona eastward to New Mexico. Along with the White Mountains, it includes the largest contiguous forest of ponderosa pine in America. Remote and little-visited in the 1930s, the Rim Country offered copious outlets for the ccc men's energies: building roads, public campsites, hiking trails, fire lookout towers, and administration buildings; fighting fires; controlling erosion; eliminating vermin; and restoring damaged soils.

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176 pages
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English
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University of Nevada Press
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July 17, 2006
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Baby and up
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5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
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0874176778
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978-0874176773
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" . . . a solid social history of the New Deal program in this region." -- Environmental History

-- Neil M. Maher ― Environmental History

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Robert J. Moore was an American history teacher in the Scottsdale, Arizona, school district. He also worked for many years as a seasonal interpretive ranger in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in Arizona. He currently lives and teaches in Verona, Wisconsin.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Nevada Press; 1st edition (July 17, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0874176778
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0874176773
Reading age ‏ : ‎ Baby and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches

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James D. Pistole

Arizona CCC Service

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2010

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I was hoping for a lead to my Father's service in the CCC. That was to much to hope for, but the author's diligent research and interviews gave me an accurate picture of what the life and activities of a CCC boy was like. Even if I never find enough information to access my Father's records, I enjoyed this book and appreciate it very much. It was well worth the price and the time spent reading it. The references at the end of the book are very valuable.

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Andrew Windes

A well-written account of the CCC in the mountains of Arizona.

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2012

Sometime in the late 1960's, I was walking with my grandfather along a remote stretch of East Fork of the Little Colorado River where it runs south of Greer, Arizona. Somewhere along the way, we came upon a series of fishing pools which had been created with log dams built across the stream. My grandfather explained to me that men of Civilian Conservation Corps had built the dams in the 1930's. I was only about six years old at the time, so he had to explain to me just what the CCC was, and how it had helped many young men eek out a living during the Great Depression. I was fascinated, if for no other reason that the men had done such fine work that the log dams remained intact almost 40 years after they were built. I have often returned to this stretch of stream during the ensuing years, regularly fishing in the very pools that I first saw that day, and I am pleased to report that in 2012 the stoutly built dams remain where they were built, a fine testament to the men who built them almost 80 years ago.

Because of this personal experience, I was very pleased when I came upon Robert Moore's account of the CCC operating in this part of Arizona during the Depression. I was further pleased to find his book contained an account of the CCC camps in Greer, and that these log dams were specifically mentioned. Moore's entire book is filled with detailed information such as this. It is good to know that historians such as Mr. Moore have taken the time to record this part of the history of the United States. Most of the men who worked on these projects have passed on over the years, and it would be a terrible shame if the memories of their work died with them.

I live only a half-hour's drive from another monument created during the Depression, Hoover Dam, which stands as dramatic testimony to the hard work done in the 1930's to help pull our country out of those difficult times. The tiny log dams on the Little Colorado are insignificant in comparison, but it is fascinating to realize that these little constructions, which serve the same general purpose as mighty Hoover Dam, have stood just as long as that great structure built of steel and concrete. Thanks to Mr. Moore's fine book, future hikers who encounter the log dams will have a chance to read about the circumstances of their building, and more importantly, about the indomitable men who worked America out of the Depression.

I rate this book as 4/5 stars, instead of a full 5/5 only because works such as these are intended primarily for a limited readership. As a reference of CCC work done at this time and place, it would be difficult to improve on this book. Still, I would not want to give prospective readers the impression that it is a book which they will want to read cover to cover without setting it down. It is not that kind of work. Never-the-less, it is a fine piece of scholarship, and anyone who wishes to learn about this period in Arizona history will find it to be very worthwhile.

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M. I. Smith

A valuable addition to any CCC or New Deal-related Library

Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2006

This book takes a close look at a long neglected area of both Civilian Conservation Corp history and Arizona history. Moore's effort will be of interest to anyone seeking a scholarly but down-to-earth account of CCC work in the western United States. (By "scholarly," I mean that Moore's work includes footnotes, a useful bibliography, and index, which should make it a boon to other researchers of the CCC. By "down-to-earth," I mean that Moore's book isn't written in some long-lost scholarly vernacular that only college professors can decipher. To me, it's historical storytelling at its best.)

Moore knows his subject and he knows the region, delving deeply into individual camp histories and providing intimate glimpses into the lives of the men who lived and worked in those camps. The illustrations - rarely, if ever seen elsewhere - are an asset in their own right. If you study New Deal-related subjects, you owe it to yourself to read this book.

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