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Camp Alton (CCC camp SCS-13)

Hope, Hempstead County

A Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Hope, Hempstead County, where young men lived and worked on soil erosion control for local farms from 1935 to 1942. It housed Companies 3798 and 4754.

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Kind of place

CCC camps

Built by

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

When

1935 to 1942

Where

Hope, Hempstead County

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