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k CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE Imagine you are an 18-year-old boy with no job skills and limited education. Your family cannot afford to feed you and they cast you out. No one will employ a young man without skills. You are forced to wander from town to town, looking for work and a bite to eat. This was reality during the Great Depression. When the Civilian Conservation Corps was created by the president in 1933, it gave a new opportunity to these young men. They received three meals a day, good clothing, a place to live and the ability to send money back home. The boys learned skills in the CCC that they could use in the real world. Some members built furniture and constructed buildings. They could be firefighters, trail builders, tree plant- ers and wood workers. Their hard work is still evident at Buescher State Park. Take a look at the Picnic Pavilion or the Recreation Hall. Chances are, you will be able to see the marks from chisels and saws - the handiwork of young men who built a life in these parks.
