The Civilian Conservation Corps employed young men in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Across the country, its crews built park buildings, planted billions of trees, constructed roads, and fought wildfires. The program provided economic relief and revived people's interest in their natural heritage. In George W. Childs Park, Civilian Conservation Corps crews constructed a ranger cabin, picnic pavilions, a pump shelter, and a privy. One of the picnic pavilions and the pump shelter are still in use there, and structures built by the crews exemplify the Rustic-style architecture of the National Park Service.