Image of CCC road grader on unidentified road. In Cook County road building projects were a key part of devlopment during the CCC era. Roads into the forest were especially important for fighting forest fires. Stamped on the back is Joseph R. Florian.
Rock work at the Hovland, MN, CCC camp, shown are rock wall and steps leading to the mess hall. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Ashes and smoke fill the air in a view from across Rose Lake. Fires devastated this region of Minnesota all through the summer of 1936. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee.
Sawbill CCC company 716 north of Tofte, MN - a panorama of the camp site with men informally posed. Winter scene shows the camp hospital, supply building, barracks and more with a total of more than 18 buildings.
Image shows at least three canoes apparently "in tow" according to scrapbook title. The CCC enrollees along with their supplies fill the canoes on West Bearskin Lake. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
John Miscowics, enrollee, is shown in front of a white rock sign for the Portage Brook, side camp of the Hovland, MN, CCC company 722 camp. Portage Brook was approximately 20 miles north of Hovland on today's Arrowhead Trail. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Camp 2702, the Spruce Creek CCC site near Lutsen and the Cascade River; shown are barracks and other buildings. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee.
Image of a new wooden staircase at Stairway Portage that bypasses the Stairway Falls between Duncan and Rose Lakes north of the Gunflint Trail. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee.
Image of the earlier log stairway that bypasses the Stairway Falls between Duncan and Rose Lakes north of the Gunflint Trail. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
A row of at least seven large, platform tents shown. The back side of the photo states, "Summer camp in the woods when we plant trees year 1935," from Vernon E. Miller collection.
Taking a break with camp visitors shown are Olga Allen Erickson (wife of forest service employee Chester Erickson), G. Fox, and O. Hoye on car and in tent.