During the Great Depression of the 1930s, millions of unemployed young men got jobs through the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). They also improved the nation’s environment and infrastructure by restoring forests, building dams and other projects we still benefit from to this day.
Join your History Seeker for my class, “The CCC: Creating Jobs, Saving the Land,” on Wednesday, August 5th at 10 a.m. at the Oasis Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning Center. Click on the link below to sign up.
A newspaper editor I once worked with told me there was a story behind every place-name in San Diego County. And my research has borne that out.
Ever wonder who the Felicita was behind Felicita Park? Or the Warner behind Warner Springs? Those are just two of many examples.
Join your History Seeker as I reveal the people behind the place-names for my talk, “Who Were Those People?” on Wednesday, July 8 at 10 a.m. at Oasis Rancho Bernardo Lifelong Learning Center. Click on the link below to sign up:
https://san-diego.oasiseverywhere.org/product/who-were-those-people-2
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