Company 949 Hard at Work

ID: 5295 ~ Source: Image courtesy of Riverside State Park.
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Men of the CCC building the rock wall of Aubrey L. White Parkway, which is still visible today.

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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…