Civilian Conservation Corps (C. C. C.) Camp 1935~1940
This rock entrance is all that remains of Camp Ala. SP-16, 3486 and Camp Ala. TVA-7, 3483 which were built here due to available water. They were part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's conservation projects. When WW II started the men enlisted in the army.
The boundaries were Wildwood Avenue north to Hutchens Avenue and Monte Sano Blvd east to Panorama Drive. For more information go north on Monte Sano Blvd, right on Nolen Avenue into their legacy; 2,340 acre Monte Sano State Park.
Donated by Monte Sano Historical Association 2010
Marker is at the intersection of Monte Sano Blvd Southeast and Highland Plaza Southeast, on the right when traveling north on Monte Sano Blvd Southeast.
Courtesy hmdb.org
