GCA210 Douglas #1 CCC
Type: Virtual | Size: Virtual | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Jim Reeb @ | Hide Date: 10/28/2002 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 24.043 W104° 48.849 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 24

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This is number one in a series of historical points within Douglas County Colorado.

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began on March 31, 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Emergency Conservation Work Act. At 3 p.m. on July 25, 1934 the first truckload of enrollees were dropped off at this camp near Castle Rock. This was company 1845. They lived in 30 tents before the camp buildings were finished in September 1935. The buildings consisted of five barracks, a recreation hall, a mess hall, a headquarters building and a washroom. The remains of some of these buildings can still be seen.

Most enrollees were between 17 and 23 years of age and made $30 per month, sending $25 home, which was usually "back east."

Nicknamed, Roosevelt's Tree Army, the men were responsible for planting 3 billion trees, protecting timber areas from fire, stabilizing irrigation systems and establishing areas of soil erosion control. They operated under the Army's supervision. The program slowly dissolved as the economy recovered and the nation's thoughts turned to war.

Locally, they provided emergency clean-up work when the 1935 flood hit the county.

This camp is to be turned into a 2-acre park.

The above coordinates might have been a motor-pool building.

For the following coordinates, email the name of the structure that can be seen.
39 24.155, -104 48.878.
It is on private property and there is no need to go there.

Look around the area and you can see other structures.

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Thanks Geocaching Colorado for the Geocache of the Month Award, as the second series to win!

06/23/2019 By JMKR
Finally got to the first Douglas, maybe we'll finish the series someday. Thanks for all the virtuals.

06/23/2019 By mm&mm
Found with jmkr. Big day. TFTV.

06/01/2019 By 2lablovers
We made this a lot more work then was intended. Wrote the wrong corrected coordinates and went for a little drive! Back to the beginning and this time we got it right. Interesting history - thanks for sharing. Answer sent.

05/19/2019 By Unkle Fester
A long day caching and it was great weather to have the doors off the geojeep. A beautiful drive through the country, lots of views and cows TFTC

05/06/2019 By Paden18
Nice area to walk around and great View of some Colorado history

10/07/2018 By BigChiefS4
Day 1 of an epic 6 day journey out to the western frontier. I had some vacation time that I needed to burn up by the end of the year, and what better way to use it than to go Geocaching! My main goal was to find caches in New Mexico and Nevada, which would complete my map in the western US. The rest of the 4 remaining states are on the East Coast. Secondary goals were to find oldies, mostly virtuals, and high favorited caches. The only bad part of the trip was that it rained every single day of my vacation.

I headed south out of MN on Sunday and returned home on Friday.
Sunday - Drive all the way through to Colorado (15 hours!)
Monday - Cache in and around Denver and Colorado Springs, with an attempt at Pike's Peak (closed at Mile 14)
Tuesday - Head south towards GC19 and then west through Wolf Creek Pass
Wednesday - Four Corners monument and west towards Nevada
Thursday - After a night in Richfield, UT, head east through the skiing areas of Colorado towards Nebraska
Friday - The long drive home

Thanks to all the cache owners for placing these caches for me to find and for keeping the oldies going all these years.

09/23/2018 By Rock Chalk
Our Colorado vacation continued today with a beautiful day between Colorado Springs and Golden. Sunny skies and warm temperatures. Great way to spend a day.

Enjoyed checking out several of the 'Douglas' virtuals today. Answers are on the way. TFTC!

09/17/2018 By LostinDenver
Sad to see what the passage of time does to everything. Interesting looking at the concrete foundation at the start. Sending answers now. Tftc!

08/23/2018 By prerules
TFTC.

08/22/2018 By DOUG&CINDY09
Made a quick find, TFTC

07/22/2018 By shelleah
I cached with LilRyRy and CDRSheppo on our way to a birthday party in Denver to finish the Hidden Creatures event. What an interesting story, I had no idea this Corps existed. Thanks for the virtual!
Photo

07/21/2018 By AJperla
TFTC WITH TC

07/21/2018 By tc54915
Caching trip with AJ Perla out west in Colorado.. managed to.get my triple jasmer, hike up mountains that I never imagined I would do. I am truely a flatlander...Tftc. and
the adventures..

07/14/2018 By Memfis Mafia
Thanks to Jim Reeb for the cache. We always appreciate the effort that goes into publishing and maintaining a Virtual. This year we are trying getting out with the family more. I’m all we have found 6666 Geocaches.



July 14, 2018
Memfis Mafia

We will add our extra pictures (or ones with spoilers) to our family Instagram @memfismafia

We are also very likely to talk about our experiences on our weekly podcast. Geocache Talk

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07/11/2018 By Colorado GeoDemon
Enjoying the virtual caching this morning with the Ohio GeoBugs. Absolutely beautiful area! TFTVC!

07/11/2018 By ohgeobugs
Out caching for the day with Colorado GeoDemon. Our goal was to find some more of the virtuals in the Douglas County series, some traditionals, a puzzle or two and do a power trail. When we were finished we had gone 57/58. A gorgeous day to be out caching.

Had no trouble finding what was needed. Answer will be sent.

Thanks for bringing us here and the history.

06/23/2018 By Specialis Revelio
Visiting the area with djlee55. He's sending our answers. TFTC!

06/23/2018 By djlee55
Exploring the area, with Specialis Revelio. Pretty interesting. Hopefully as much though will be put into the Park. Thanks for your time.

06/23/2018 By cajrrman
I got a little ways out of town today to find a few caches including this one at 10:42 am. Thanks for the cache! Interesting history.

06/09/2018 By jREST
Took a bit of a long weekend, well five days anyway and hopped in a car with Boreal Walker and yellowdogs (AKA - Team Barcelona) and headed west aiming for parts unknown. This cache was one of those on the adventure. Cool spot with some interesting history. Was pretty warm out here today, but it was nice to stretch the legs a bit. thanks for setting up this series. Cool info.