Local CCC Men Hard at Work

ID: 5326 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the Joel E. Ferris Research Archives at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

This file appears in: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Inland Northwest

One of the most common jobs for men of the Ft. George Wright Distict CCC was forestry work: clearing unhealthy overgrowth or dangerous non-native species took up much of their time.

This file appears in: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Inland Northwest

The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Inland Northwest

By Elisheba R. Gearhardt

In 1933, President Roosevelt proposed a work relief program to combat the hunger, poverty, and staggering unemployment of the Great Depression. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) offered young, unmarried men food, shelter, training, and a…