Kennesaw Mountain Administrative History

Project Superintendent Paul Barnes to Director, July 8, 1941
CCC work accomplished from July 1, 1938 to June 30, 1941
1. Reconstructed old farm house into administration building
2. Reconstructed old farm house into superintendent's residence
3. Constructed combined toolroom and office
4. Constructed storage shed
5. Construction begun on equipment storage building
6. Constructed camp garage
7. Constructed repair shop
8. Constructed latrines and toilets at Cheatham Hill and Big Kennesaw
9. Constructed telephone line to lookout tower
10. Constructed 20,000 gallon reservoir
11. Constructed 6/ 10 of a mile of crushed stone road at Cheatham Hill
12. Completed 3500 feet of preliminary grading between Dallas and Burnt Hickory roads
13. Widened shoulders of U. S. 41; included headwalls, ditches, slopes, and plantings
14. Erosion control -filled gullies, sloped banks, seeded, sodded, planted
15. Fought 29 fires that burned 18.72 acres
16. Planted 600 seedlings per acre on 116 acres
17. Obliterated terraces, scars, abandoned wells
18. Constructed parking area at Cheatham Hill
19. Provided 1766 mandays of interpretation
20. Worked at removal of kudzu and other exotics
21. Marked 13 miles of boundary
22. Moved 21 cannons from Chickamauga / Chattanooga NMP
23. Located 1800 feet of Confederate lines as part of archeological work for Cheatham Hill road

Acting Superintendent George Wilkins to Regional Director, June 2, 1942
Status of CCC work as of March 10, 1942
1. Two old residences and one barn razed
2. Administration building completed in April 1940
3. Camp garage completed in February 1939
4. Tool room/ office completed in February 1940
5. Archeological work completed in March 1940
6. Flagpole completed in March 1940
7. Powder magazine completed in March 1940
8. Lumber storage sheds completed in March 1941
9. Repair shop -80% complete
10. Equipment storage -90% complete
11. Latrines / toilets -90% complete
12. Signs -25% complete