![looking down the road to the ccc camp with wooden buildings on either side of the road](https://files.nc.gov/mgm/styles/inline_medium/public/images/2023-07/CCC%20Camp%201.jpg?VersionId=50elD.25IfK9T0MefWjaqxu.WVAogXea&itok=CWxnjmFe)
CCC Camp Jim Staton, c. 1934
Camp Jim Staton was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located on Curtis Creek northeast of Old Fort. The CCC was a federal relief program established during the Great Depression of the 1930s to provide work for young men at a time when the national unemployment rate was around 20 percent. Local jobs included community improvement projects, such as improving Curtis Creek Road, clearing a roadbed for the Blue Ridge Parkway, and building bridges.