Wiawaka Lecture Series: The Bolton Civilian Conservation Corps Camp 1933-1942 w/Ted Caldwell

In 1933 one in four young men were unemployed as a result of the Depression.  President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps to employ these men in conservation programs, and by 1942 2.5 million men had participated.  Ted Caldwell will talk about the Bolton Camp and the many young men's lives it forever changed.

Ted Caldwell is the Town of Bolton Historian.  Although not born locally he has family roots in Bolton dating back to 1795, and he has lived in Bolton since 1970. He has a B.A. in Economics from the College of Wooster and an M.S. Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the State University of New York.