“Civilian Conservation Corps – Roubaix”
(Note: any text in italics has been taken from the official SDSHS records.)
Marker Text
camp f-6 (roubaix): 100 yards N of Lake Roubaix entrance; W of road. Companies: 792 - - 6/3/33-5/15/35; 10/18/35-6/1/40; 10/1/40-10/11/41 2759V - - 5/15/35 to 10/18/35
The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal work-relief program during the Great Depression. From 1933-1942, the CCC provided work for 31,097 jobless men in South Dakota - - about 1700 war veterans, 4554 American Indians, and 2834 supervisors. The U.S. Army provided 200-man camps, food, clothing, medical care, and pay, and educational, recreational, and religious
programs. The Office of Indian Affairs provided similar services for units on Indian reservations.
Work of F-6 was supervised by Black Hills National Forest. Work of enrollees in Company 792 included tree thinning, pruning and planting; fire prevention and suppression; rodent and insect control; grazing land improvement and recreational development. The removed dead, diseased and suppressed trees from hundreds of acres of pine; quelled many forest fires; removed flammable debris from forest and nearby areas; built many miles of fire trails and livestock fences; developed scores of springs and constructed many dams for stock watering; and built Roubaix dam, beach, swimming area, bathhouse, and campground.
The detachment of WWI veterans in Company 2759V built residences in Deadwood for the forest supervisor and assistant.
Erected in 1990 by CCC Alumni, the South Dakota State Historical Society, the South Dakota Department of Transportation and Black Hills National Forest.
Location
Lawrence County, 100 yards north of Lake Roubaix entrance