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Camp Information for SP-5-PA

Worked on Joseph John's Park, whch now is called Roxbory Park. There is no trace of the camp or even a marker to the CCC, but there is a granite marker to FDR erected by the United Steel Workers. The camp operated first as a veterans camp them from 1935-36 was a junior camp.

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General Information

Camp Name:	Johnstown	Opened:	4/20/1934
Camp Type:	County Park	Closed:	//1937

Alternate Names:

Stackhouse Metropolitan Park

Location

MODERN INFORMATION

GPS DD Coordinates:	Latitude: 40.295683 Longitude: -78.923767
Modern Directions:	It's in Roxbury Park, Johnstown. Elevation 1333 feet N 40 17 746 W 78 55 468 The camp is bounded by Franklin Street, Park Drive, Berkley Avenue and Derby street. Directions: From PA 22 East, take SR 403 south to Johnstown until it becomes Franklin Street. Then follow Franklin (PA 403 goes to the left) past UMPC Hospital and straight up a hill. At the top is a huge athletic complex, which is Roxbury Park. These directions courtesy of Michael Shultz.
Current Landholder:	County

HISTORIC INFORMATION

County:	CAMBRIA
Historic Directions:	Johnstown

Location of Closest

Post Office:	Johnstown
Telephone:	No Information
Express Mail:	No Information
Telegraph:	No Information
Railroad:	Johnstown

Administrators

Name	Position	Tenure
C L Barnhar	Blacksmith	4/20/1934 to //1936
C L Barnhart	Blacksmith	4/20/1934 to //1936
Karl Christie	Engineer	4/20/1934 to //1936
Charles Dunkle	Foreman	4/20/1934 to //1936
Enter First Name Enter Last Name	Blacksmith	4/20/1934 to //1936
Joseph Hartnett	Foreman	4/20/1934 to //1936
Jacob Hoffman	Superintendent	4/20/1934 to //1936
Fred James	Mechanic	4/20/1934 to //1936
John Kessinger	Landscape Architect	4/20/1934 to //1936
Harry Leadbeater	Foreman	4/20/1934 to //1936
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Companies
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Company Number	Dates Occupied
1397	7/9/1936 to //1936
1397-V	4/20/1934 to 7/9/1936

Camp Documents

Title	Document Description
1397 History.pdf	1397 history from 1936 CCC annual, courtesy of the James F. Justin Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, members.aol.com/famjustin/ccchis.html.
1397 Photos.pdf	1397 photos from 1936 CCC annual, courtesy of the James F. Justin Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, members.aol.com/famjustin/ccchis.html.
1397 Roster.pdf	1397 roster from 1936 CCC annual, courtesy of the James F. Justin Civilian Conservation Corps Museum, members.aol.com/famjustin/ccchis.html.

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Additional Information (contributed by Archive visitors)

Comment	Entered On
This is good listing of all CCC camps run by the National Park Service. Some of these camps had other numbers that were changed when the NPS took over. The Civilian Conservation Corps and the National Park Service, 1933-1942: An Administrative History Appendix C http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/ccc/cccac1.htm Scroll down to Pennsylvania.	12/02/2005


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