Panorama of the Hovland Camp entire company 722 in Hovland. Enrollee, Mahlon Linnell's company includes Henry Toftey identified in top row, 15th from right.
Hovland CCC camp canteen shows various items, such as candy and cigarettes, that would be purchased by men at camp. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
The Hovland CCC camp, Company 722 basketball team is shown. This team traveled to games around the Cook County and into Canada. The coach shown is Joseph Spitznagle the camp's education advisor.
Black-and-white, mostly silent, film of firefighters battling the blaze at the 52 year-old Norton Hotel on February 6, 1967. The hotel was located on the edge of the Zumbro River, on Second Street Southeast. Several people were injured as they jumped to escape the flames and several people were found dead in their rooms the following day. The firefighters were hampered by the extreme cold weather, with a high temperature of 12 degrees below zero, and ice that formed over everything. The hotel had no sprinkler system and the fire provided impetus to install sprinklers in businesses. The following events take place in the film: (00:27) Fire Chief Ollie Mertz in the white coat. (01:42) When ladder truck #32 arrives, it was driver Bill Haas' first day on the job. (02:00) Fireman with his hat off is Bob Fanning. (03:37) Firemen Buske and Mertz drinking coffee. (03:43) Survivor Wayne describes how he got out of the hotel and there is sound for his interview. (05:04) February 7th, 1967 investigators are able to clear those who were killed from the building and start looking for causes of the blaze.
Mrs. Letson [proprietress] and staff. Bus in background that took guests back and forth to the village of Alexandria. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
Harold Moe, enrollee who remained in Cook County, is wearing a hat and coat standing in front of a tarpapered CCC building at the Spruce Creek CCC camp near Lutsen, MN.
Panorama view of the Gunflint Camp Company 712, camp F-5 north of Grand Marais. Entire company of 200 plus men posed in front of the Headquarters Building.
Five CCC enrollees in front of log building with sign on door that says "Hdqt's Caterpillar Kids". These friends from the Sawbill camp north of Tofte, MN, are identified as: 1 - Rindel, Pete; 2- Anderson, Andy; 3 - Dahlman, Slim; 4 - Sunde, Red (Age 17); 5 - Keelar. Photo came from Al Sunde collection.
Group of CCC enrollees including early Cook County resident, Art Eliasen identified at fifth from the right in the front row. Eliasen's family were some of the earliest settlers in Hovland, MN.
Color silent film of a grass fire along Highway 63 ditches, just to the south of Rochester, and how firemen are attempting to put out the fire. The following events take place in the film: (00:41) A People's Electric Company truck and employee are watering down an electrical pole that was scorched. (00:52) Fireman John Loftus in one the right in the grey uniform. 1:28 Fireman Sizer is carrying a shovel across the burned area.
Grading improvements at Minnehaha Creek and 34th avenue with No. 15 Caterpillar Tractor with revolving fresnos on August 5, 1930 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Panorama of the Good Harbor CCC camp F-20, company 1741 near Grand Marais, MN. Image of entire company shows a new camp with tents and barracks being built Donald Palmer is identified as the 5th from the right in the front row.
Image shows two CCC enrollees in front of a log cabin in wintertime. They are getting their bearings for survey work. Stamped on back is Joseph R. Florian.
Fritz Koron and Bill Lake shown on the log dock on West Bearskin Lake north of the Gunflint Trail, MN. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Enrollees shown walking a path toward a smoky forest. Around them are stumps of trees already burned, an Isle Royale, MI, fire. Isle Royale has cultural and historical connections to Minnesota's North Shore and so is included in this collection.
Close-up image of forest on fire. Scrapbook title is "hot stuff." Image taken by enrollee Albert Malner provides perspective on how close CCC crews were to these raging fires.
A day-by-day listing of the time, location, parties involved, cause, equipment used and damages for fires that were responded to by the Rochester Fire Department.
Color silent film that of the fire, and aftermath, at FISCO on South Broadway. The company housed the equipment for the Rochester Fire Department to use for fighting rural fires.
Entrance archway for CCC camp 718 shows the log arch sign, "Camp S-54 Civilian Conservation Corps Company 718, Visitors Welcome." Along with white stone "Company 718" spelled out in the foreground.
Russell St. Arnold in CCC truck driving through water, CCC camp 712 Grand Marais, MN. Back of photo says, "Here is me and Suzy, that's my truck '39 Dodge."
Enrollee (identified as Jessen) at rock wall near Cascade River Wayside. Shows close up of CCC work done by Spruce Creek crews. From the scrapbook of Harold Moe, enrollee who later settled in Cook County.
Duluth letter carriers in uniform standing on the steps of the main entrance to the Federal Building at Fifth Avenue West and First Street downtown that was often called the Post Office because it held the postal service department.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Dredging Bde Maka Ska view from parkway in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Image shows CCC men doing "rainy weather work" according to the caption from the Chester Erickson (U.S. Forest Service) scrapbook. The men appear to be peeling logs for camp buildings.
Interior of the doctor's office and hospital of the Hovland, MN, CCC camp shows medical supplies and equipment. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Construction of the Cascade River State Park bridge done by the Spruce Creek CCC crew. Metal bridge structure remains intact today with only logs, decking and rails having been replaced. Harold J. Moe is shown working on the bridge.
Men return home after a day building the football field and stands in Memorial Park. About $2.5 million in federal funds employed miners through the WPA (Works Progress Administration), CWA (Civil Works Admin.) and NYA (National Youth Admin.) The baseball diamond and stands in the upper right are complete. Some original houses remain inside the sports complex along the road.
Constructing the bridge over the lagoon between Bde Maka Ska and Lake of the Isles in the spring of 1911 Minneapolis, Minnesota. Bde Maka Ska is Dakota for "White Earth Lake," and was previously known as "Lake Calhoun."
Commissary of the Hovland, MN, CCC camp is full of food supplies needed for more than 200 men. From the scrapbook of Joseph Spitznagle, education advisor.
Three CCC enrollees, including enrollee Vernon E. Miller on the left, are cleaning a barrel woodstove. Such stoves would have been in most every occupied building at the camp.
Young men of Company 1722 of the Civilian Conservation Corps are gathered outside a building built with vertical logs. The men wear coats and boots. Four men in the center are dressed in white and are possibly the camp cooks.
Unidentified man shown in from of the log and canvas tent headquarters tent at the Rose Lake Portage Camp in 1935. From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Image of CCC building in Hovland, MN, that was still standing and used for storage by possibly both the highway department and the forest service until the 1990s. Rock walls and stairs from this camp can still be seen on the Arrowhead Trail in Hovland.
Image of CCC building in Hovland that was still standing until the 1990s shows a sign on the door that identifies the building as "Hovland Ranger Station."
Image shows a crew of 15 or more young men in an cleared area of land carrying on their backs crates of trees to plant and the tools to do it. Stamped on back is Joseph R. Florian.
CCC enrollee chops at fallen tree as forest fire approaches on Isle Royale, Michigan (the Lake Superior island is historically connected to Cook County, Minnesota).
Five CCC enrollees are shown pushing what looks like a stove on a wheelbarrow up the trail to the top of Lima Mountain using "modern transportation." From the scrapbook of Albert Malner, enrollee and later Cook County Sheriff.
Five or so CCC enrollees are in this image and are being instructed on the use of the marine pumper shown. Scrapbook information from enrollee Albert Malner indicates that "this machine pumped water thru 5230 ft of hose." It is labeled as an Austin 4 cylinder.
An image of an open field with CCC workers planting trees shows men bent over, planting seedlings from their crates. Stamped on back of photo is Joseph R. Florian.
CCC crew fought the forest fires of 1936, a year when there were many fires burning. Shown is a birch tree on fire taken by enrollee Albert Malner on Long Island (possibly Lake Saganaga or Long Island Lake)
Image shows enrollee using fire fighting equipment shooting a stream of water in the middle of a scorched forest. CCC helped in fighting fires on Isle Royale and in Cook County, Minnesota.
Civilian Conservation Corps Company (CCC) panoramic photograph, featuring group portrait of enrollees, cooks, and instrument with the camp dogs posed before facilities and tents in summer.
A large group of young men from Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2703 take time out from their construction project to pose in front of their wood shanty barracks.