Nearly a century ago, amidst the Great Depression, thousands of young men joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)—the nation’s first major conservation movement. While the CCC’s impact is felt nationwide, Cincinnati holds a unique piece of that history: Camp Mt. Airy.
As one of the few African-American CCC camps in Ohio, these men transformed barren, eroded land into what is now Cincinnati’s premier city park. Their craftsmanship and legacy are still visible today in the trails we walk and the stone structures where we gather.
