In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the Emergency Conservation Work Act, popularly known as the CCC. This federal New Deal program provided employment for young men and veterans during the Great Depression. The program’s aim was to improve the nation’s forests and recreational resources. From 1933-1942 the CCC in Massachusetts employed a total of 100,000 men in 68 camps. 

Special guest DCR Interpretive Coordinator Alec Gillman gave us a history lesson on one of the hidden Hilltown History gems. One of the most lasting contributions of the CCC was the construction of park recreational facilities. In June 1933, the 113th Company of the CCC, began work in the Southern Hilltowns region of Massachusetts, resulting in a number of facilities in and around Chester, including Boulder Park. The work of the CCC has left a lasting legacy of parks and other recreational resources for all to appreciate. The men who undertook these projects can be remembered with great pride.

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