Details for CCC Camp Site
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5313011252
Data
| Marker Number | 11252 |
| Atlas Number | 5313011252 |
| Marker Title | CCC Camp Site |
| Index Entry | CCC Camp Site |
| Address | |
| City | Madisonville |
| County | Madison |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 220226 |
| UTM Northing | 3426820 |
| Subject Codes | land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; Federal programs |
| Marker Year | 1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | On S side of SH 21, western city limits of Madisonville (one mi. SW of courthouse) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | A part of the national Civilian Conservation Corps program of the New Deal era, Camp Sam Houston in Madisonville was a soil conservation camp. Begun in July 1935 and occupied by workers one month later, the camp provided jobs for 196 men. Members of the camp worked with area farmers and ranchers, demonstrating techniques of soil erosion control and pasture management. Covering a radius of 21 miles, CCC improvement projects included all of Madison County, as well as portions of Grimes, Leon, and Walker Counties. The camp was closed in 1941. |