The CCC in the Smokies Author:Harley E. Jolley In 1933, a force of some 4,000 Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees began reporting to work camps in the Great Smoky Mountains. They came from all across the country, some highly trained engineers, masons, and landscape architects, some with practically no discernible skills at all. During the course of nine years they reforested clear-cu... more »t slopes, restored historic structures, built hundreds of miles of roads and trails, and constructed buildings, retaining walls, bridges, etc. In short, their labors created the backbone of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.Most of what they built still stands today, as handsome, functional, and enduring as the day the last stone was laid.« less