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Adams National Historical Park
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CCC enrollees collected native seed and raised plants in three nurseries in the park.  

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From 1933 to 1942 an estimated 10,000 boys and young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps planted hundreds of thousands of trees, shrubs, and native plants in Shenandoah National Park. Many of these were grown in three CCC plant nurseries from seeds collected within the park.
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Last Updated: May 16, 2007 at 16:54 EST