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: "We can take it!"

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: "We can take it!"

The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Inland Northwest: "We can take it!"

By Elisheba R. Gearhardt

From 1933 to 1942, Fort George Wright was the headquarters of the Inland Northwest Civilian Conservation Corps.