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Parkography

The Legacy of 3 Million

Parkography

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Nature, Society & Culture, History, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Science, Places & Travel

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🗓️ 9 November 2019

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

If you've spent a decent amount of time in National or State parks in the U.S., you've probably been in a building built by a federal program that employed nearly 3 million people during the most difficult economic time in our country's history. Their work constructed trails and shelters in more than 800 state and national parks. They built wildlife refuges, fisheries, water storage basins and animal shelters. They built bridges and campground facilities, many of which are still in use today. Today on America's National Parks, the Civilian Conservation Corps.

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0:00.0

L.Bine has partnered with the National Park Foundation to help you find your happy place.

0:14.8

And with more than 400 national parks, there's a good chance you'll find one close to home.

0:20.0

Discover your perfect day in a park at find your U.S. you've probably been in a building built by a federal

0:45.3

program that employed nearly 3 million people during the most difficult

0:50.2

economic time in our country's history.

0:55.0

Their work constructed trails and shelters in more than 800 state and national parks.

1:02.0

They built wildlife refuges, fisheries, water

1:06.0

storage basins, and animal shelters. They built bridges and campgrounds, many of which are still in use today.

1:15.0

I'm Jason Epperson, and today on America's National Parks,

1:20.0

the Civilian Conservation Corps. So, The 1920s were a decade of unprecedented growth, prosperity, and social change in the U.S.

1:52.0

The social change in the US. The rise of the inexpensive mass-produced automobile

1:58.0

allowed millions to explore new highways and byways. Farm people flock to cities to pursue jobs on the production line.

2:07.0

Credit expanded, allowing many wage earners to purchase products without ready cash.

2:13.0

Stock market speculation, especially through a system of easy credit, was on the rise.

2:19.0

Yet mounting inflation began to erode worker purchasing power and wage increases.

2:25.5

At the same time, the nation stepped back from the international scene through a policy of

2:30.6

isolationism. When the stock market crashed in the fall of

2:35.1

1929, the things that marked the 1920s growth contributed to a long and

2:41.2

depressed economy in the 1930s.

2:45.0

When the depression hit, the demand for products, and thus their need for production, fell sharply. City dwellers increasingly found themselves

2:55.1

unemployed. Farmers suffered through severe droughts, dustball storms, and

3:00.4

restricted credit often losing their land.

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