{"product_id":"starved-rock-state-park-the-work-of-the-ccc-along-the-im-canal-9781531613471","title":"Starved Rock State Park: The Work of the CCC Along the I\u0026m Canal","description":"Visitors to Starved Rock State Park are often struck by the grandeur of its rustic lodge. They marvel at its massive fireplace and hand-hewn logs. Yet few realize that this structure is a tangible reminder of the Civilian Conservation Corps, which in the 1930s provided work for young men left unemployed by the Great Depression. Starved Rock Lodge was one of the biggest projects of the \"CCC boys\" along the Illinois and Michigan Canal, but it was far from the only one. Working as a team and living in camps from Willow Springs to La Salle-Peru, they built facilities that transformed the old canal into what became the I\u0026amp;M Canal State Trail (1974) and the nation's first National Heritage Corridor (1984). President Franklin D. Roosevelt's nation-wide program preserved the landscape from the ravages of soil erosion, flooding, and deforestation. In the process, the young men built beautiful parks, buildings, and shelters that we use and admire today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing Library Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781531613471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d","brand":"Dennis H. Cremin, Dennis Gremin, Charlene Giardina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38014156931253,"sku":"9781531613471","price":27.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2432ae97-f29a-4f4c-bb15-38c4093dbc6a.jpg?v=1609145852","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/starved-rock-state-park-the-work-of-the-ccc-along-the-im-canal-9781531613471","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}