Large wood pile at the wood yard of the Hovland CCC camp. All buildings were heated with wood. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Two enrollees on dock appear to be refilling water packs to fight fire on Isle Royale, MI (the island has historical connections to Cook County and Minnesota's North Shore).
Individual CCC enrollee standing on old dock near lake in forest fires on Isle Royale, MI. He is shown wearing a back pack that seems to have held water for fighting fire.
Enrollees shown walking a path toward a smoky forest. Around them are stumps of trees already burned, an Isle Royale, MI, fire. Isle Royale has cultural and historical connections to Minnesota's North Shore and so is included in this collection.
CCC enrollee chops at fallen tree as forest fire approaches on Isle Royale, Michigan (the Lake Superior island is historically connected to Cook County, Minnesota).
Image shows enrollee using fire fighting equipment shooting a stream of water in the middle of a scorched forest. CCC helped in fighting fires on Isle Royale and in Cook County, Minnesota.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before log buildings and silo in summer.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before facilities and trees in summer.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees and cooks posed before log buildings in spring. Enrollees identified by 1933 - 1940 company roster: Army Personal: William W. Wipf Commanding officer; Lieut. E. B. Badger; Lieut. A. R. Morley; E. Q. Anderson Education Adviser; Raymond Mondor Senior Leader; Elmer H. Butcher Subaltern; Richard W. Honke Camp Physician; C. A. Carlson Chaplain; Rev. Harold R. Bradley Protestant Minister; Rev. Michael F. Popesh, Catholic Minister. Forestry Personal: Ralph Snyder Camp Super.; A. B. Jamieson Super; E. N. Bjorgan Tech. Forester; G. W. Plant Tech. Forester; Emil Kukachka Junior Forester; J. W. Sullivan Engineer; Albert J. Griffith Engineering Aide; E. Elsner Foreman; O. E. Sundberg Foreman; W. O. Braun Foreman; M. F. Swart Foreman; Sam Zimmerman Junior Foreman; Jerome Volsted Junior Foreman; Walter J. Barthiaume Junior Foreman; Joseph E. Fjelde Squad Foreman; Horace Cann Senior Foreman; Carl Hauer Mechanic. Enrollees: Akin, Charles; Blaksly, William; Bondason, Dick; Claney, Olifford; Day, Charles; DeMaster, Tony; Demmick, Kenneth; Hamiel, Willard; Haniel, Edward; Johnson, Owen; Jones, Russell; Kramer, Louis; Lantz, Eilmur; Looky, Robert; Love, Charles; MacDonald, Jack; Maraur, Frank; Harz, Stanley; KcKnight, Robert; McLaughlin, Edward; Miles, Joseph; Miller, Robert; Mondor, Raymond; O?Neal, James; Peterson, Norman; Pieper, Harold; Piersch, Clayton; Roberts, Louis; Roettger, August; Roettger, Harold; Rustad, Norman; Sanderson, Warren; Wagner, Donald.
Log cabin shown in the woods. This CCC project was complete in May of 1936. Cabin used on the top of Lima Mountain as forest service lookout station. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.