Men from the 949th Company of the Civilian Conservation Corps

ID: 5291 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Oregon State University.
This file appears in: Camp Seven Mile

Founded at Ft. George Wright, Company 949 of Camp Seven Mile cleared the donated land at Seven Mile in order to build the trails, camps, suspension bridge and various buildings of Seven Mile State Park, today known as Riverside State Park.

This file appears in: Camp Seven Mile

By Elisheba R. Gearhardt
With unemployment during the Great Depression reaching nearly 25% in Spokane, thousands of young men in the Inland Northwest joined the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Earning $30 per month, they obtained an education and vocational training…