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The CCC Woodsman LbNA #54292

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 3, 2010
Location:
City:Stafford Springs
County:Tolland
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Rubaduc
Found by: quiltjoy
Last found:Feb 10, 2023
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Jul 3, 2010
This box is located at the Civilian Conservation Corps Museum of Stafford Springs, Connecticut. Currently operated by the very knowledgeable curator Elliotte Draegor, the museum is openly seasonally only.

The museum consists of one building left from the original CCC Camp Connor which stood on this spot in the Shenipsit State Forrest in the 1930s. One of many programs initiated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to put young men to work, the CCC was perhaps the most popular, and boys and their families profited by the income and the experience. The museum contains materials and artifacts from CCC camps from all over New England.

The museum was begun by former members of the CCC, who wanted to preserve the story of their own experiences as part of the history of this Depression-era government program. Items, such as photos, scrapbooks, footlockers, clothing and tools continue to be donated by these men or their families.

Stop by this small, but worthwhile and important museum for a look at the can-do spirit of another generation in the throes of economic disaster, who built many of the state and national parks we enjoy today. The Civilian Conservation Corps Museum is located on Route 190 in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. For more info, call: 860-684-3430.

If the gate is closed you can easily walk in. Walk past the Museum (first building on the left) with the Woodsman statue in front, walk past the handicap ramp and look for the old plow. Look in the prow of the plow.

I have permission from one of the rangers to plant this box but unfortunately Ms. Draegor wasn't in that day. Even though the museum was closed we were invited in to see it and they took a picture of the woodsman for Gizz to carve. Very nice people. Use the customary caution when finding this box. Thanks.

Many thanks to the hot footed one for placing the box and saving us another trip.