As part of the New Deal's effort to provide unemployed workers jobs on public projects, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the United States Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps in March 1933. Three months later, Company 1814 was organized in Fort Logan, Colorado, for reforestation and other conservation work. After transfers to Groveton and Austin, Texas, the company moved to Linden on June 4, 1937, where its enrollees established a camp on the nearby hillside. Working closely with the U.S. Forest Service, they built 35 miles of roads and 25 bridges, ran 147 miles of telephone line, fought and suppressed forest fires in the area, and landscaped their campground with flowers and grass. In April 1939, they held an open house for the community that drew hundreds of residents to learn about the accomplishments of the local camp. On October 4, 1939, Company 1814 was transferred to Arizona, and the Linden camp was abandoned. Physical evidence of the headquarters, including rock walls, cabin foundations, and equipment, remains at the site, and its legacy remains an important part of the heritage of Cass County and the East Texas forest industry.