The labor performed by CCC recruits in the Cleveland Metroparks was part of a much larger conservation effort that transformed America's landscape during the Great Depression. Between 1933 and 1942, three million young men joined the ranks of the CCC. Of their long list of accomplishments, these recruits planted over two billion trees, created 800 state parks, blazed 13,000 miles of trails, and worked on 118 million acres of farmland. | Source: Courtesy of Cleveland MetroparksDownload Original File
