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The CCC and the Arboretum

Arboretum Walk

Event Details

Date
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Time
1-2:30 p.m.
Location
Meet at Visitor Center, UW–Madison Arboretum
Description
Free naturalist-led hike. In 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps arrived here to set up the only CCC camp on a university campus. More than 200 men served at Camp Madison before it closed in November 1941. Learn about their extraordinary efforts to restore the landscape of Wisconsin; tour some of the buildings they lived and worked in.

Cost
Free

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