The Civilian Conservation Corp was created by Congress during the Great Depression and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 5, 1933, to provide public works jobs for young men, who lived in camps, sent part of their federal pay home to support their families, and worked on projects including roads, livestock fencing, and flood control structures. Washington County had several of these camps, and one of their local projects was the construction of cedar-post Unit Corrals for handling cattle and sheep grazing on public lands. Built from closely spaced juniper posts bound with heavy wire, at least five corrals were constructed in the county, including sites near Gunlock and Veyo, in Pine Valley, at Central, at St. George in the Fort Pierce Industrial Area, and the largest just off SR-9 between LaVerkin and Virgin. That largest corral was uniquely designed for both cattle and sheep, with loading chutes and two side-by-side crowding alleys, one with tall posts for cattle and a second with shorter posts so sheep herders could more easily reach and move sheep toward the loading chute. Livestock loaded there were transported by truck to railcars in Modena or Cedar City, Utah, or Lund, Nevada. When the corral was built, Kolob and Cedar Mountain were mainly sheep country, and the site was used to hold herds overnight as they moved between summer pastures on Kolob and Cedar Mountain and winter pastures on the Arizona Strip, and it was the main place where sheep were shorn before heading to the mountain for summer grazing. Wool was packed into large burlap bags holding about 200 pounds each, then hauled to the railhead and shipped to market. As cattle replaced sheep, the corral's role changed, and additional corrals were also built on the Arizona Strip. Nearby Sheep Bridge on Sheep Bridge Road was named for the thousands of sheep that crossed it each spring and fall between seasonal pastures. These corrals, especially the one overlooking the Hurricane Cliffs on SR-9, reflect Washington County's western livestock heritage and the reliance of ranchers and residents on CCC improvements, while the program itself ended with the onset of World War II, after camp discipline had helped prepare many of these young men for service in the nation's expanding armed forces.