Detail, Co. 1520 of CCC Camp Shawnee No. 2, Shawnee State Forest, Scioto County, Ohio (c. 1934).

ID: 270 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Portsmouth Public Library, Henry A. Lorberg Department of Local History, Portsmouth, Ohio. ~ Creator: Andrew Feight ~ Date: c. 1934

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With its white officers and locally hired foremen and supervisors, Camp Shawnee No. 2 was host to one of the four segregated, all-black units of the Civilian Conservation Corps that worked on reforestation projects and helped construct the all-weather roads in Shawnee State Forest.

This file appears in: CCC Co. 1520 & Camp Shawnee No. 2

CCC Co. 1520 & Camp Shawnee No. 2

By Andrew Lee Feight, Ph.D.

CCC Camp Shawnee No. 2 was home to one of the four segregated, all black companies of Civilian Conservation Corps units, which helped to construct the infrastructure of the modern-day Shawnee State…