Special Features
- Teacher's Resources: Teacher's Guide
- Interview: Neil Maher
- Bonus Video: Author Interview: Neil Maher
- Image: CCC Camps Across America
- Photo Gallery: The Civilian Conservation Corps
- Timeline: The Evolution of the CCC
One of the most popular New Deal programs, the CCC put three million young men to work in camps across America during the height of the Great Depression.
My American Experience
Share Your Story
Did you or a family member experience life in America in the 1930s? What does the decade mean to you? Share your American experience with us.
We Shall Remain
The story of Native peoples’ valiant resistance to expulsion from their lands and the extinction of their culture.
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The Way West
A six-hour series on how the West was lost and won, from the Gold Rush in 1848 until Wounded Knee in 1893.
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Lost in the Grand Canyon
John Wesley Powell's epic journey into the unknown Grand Canyon was filled with adventure as his team mapped the Colorado River for the first time.
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Kit Carson
The ultimate frontiersman, Carson inspired popular novels before being associated with the "Long Walk" of the Navajo people.
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The Alaska Pipeline
Native Alaskans, oil company representatives, environmentalists, politicians, and others tell the story of the 800-mile pipeline.
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Mount Rushmore
The world's largest piece of sculpture on a hillside in South Dakota, completed by temperamental artist Gutzon Borgium.
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Transcontinental Railroad
The remarkable story of how a railroad was built connecting California to the East.
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Battle for Wilderness
President Theodore Roosevelt was caught in the middle of the first major battle for wilderness preservation in Yosemite National Park.
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