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History of Charles M. Price Support Center

Even though Camp Price was selected to be a site of a huge Army supply installation for World War I, it didn’t see any action until 1942 when construction began to create the Granite City Engineer Depot. It was opened on August 1st, 1942. During World War II, the depot grew rapidly and saw more than 4,500 railroad cars travel through its gates. Employment at the depot swelled to 5,200 people by 1944. About 1,500 men received training in maintenance functions and engineer supply at Camp Price Support Center.

After World War II, a period of inactivity swept over the depot. Besides the brief Korean War, the depot rarely saw any action. Eventually it was renamed to the Granite City Army Depot in 1962 and transferred control from the Corps of Engineers to the US Army Material Command. However, nothing significantly changed about the depot’s missions until 1966. At this time, it took over support missions for the Greater St. Louis Area from a deactivated US Army Support Center.

More changes were made to the depot. In 1971, the depot part of the center closed. The functions and facilities joined the US Army Aviation Systems Command support. Thus, it became the Headquarters and Installation for Support Activity. It maintained employment for nearly 500 military personnel and civilians. In 1975, there was a demand for more customer service representatives, and thus it was again renamed to the St. Louis Area Support Center (SLASC).