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Camp
Np-1, Company 510 at Mammoth Cave was the first CCC camp established
in Kentucky, on May 22, 1933. It was located on the site of what
had been the Bluegrass Country Club on Flint Ridge, with nine buildings
from the club being used and revamped by the enrollees. This same
site later served as the 1st location of the Job Corps at Mammoth
Cave.
Initially this camp began with both white and African American enrollees,
but then later became an all African American camp. They became
a model camp, receiving such high marks at inspections that they
were rated as the best camp in the entire V Corps region (Kentucky,
Ohio, Indiana, and West Virginia) for three consecutive years.
NP-1 created the majority of the trails inside Mammoth Cave, constructed
foot trails, worked in landscaping and maintenance, constructed
two 16 row boats, assisted in erosion control by creating
check dams and planting trees, worked to reduce fire hazards by
clearing brush throughout the park, and other various projects.
While working on the creation of the cave trails, a mummified body
of a prehistoric man was found inside the cave by two of the cave
guides who were with the CCC enrollees. The enrollees were responsible
for removing a large boulder that trapped the body for archeologists.
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