Photos: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Southern Arizona
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A ramada built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s still stands on March 2, 2012, at Signal Hill in Saguaro National Monument West.
- David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star
Work on the retaining wall. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Blacksmith shop: the CCC made everything by hand: furniture, shutters, hardware. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
The completed buildings. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
The retaining wall under construction. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Cave during construction, showing competed flagstone steps and floors. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Enrollees with Camp sign. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Adobe Camp office, today the CCC Museum. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Tent camp. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Barracks camp. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Ramada with Frank Schmidt. Civilian Conservation Corps construction of Colossal Cave Mountain Park in the 1930s.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
Photo taken in the 1930s of buildings that were built by the Civilian Conservation Corp and are now part of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
- Courtesy of Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
This old stone building was constructed in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps at the Cam-Boh Picnic Area at Saguaro National Park West.
- Doug Kreutz/Arizona Daily Star
This is a May 19, 1935 photograph of Camp Pima outside Tucson. It was established by the Civilian Conservation Corps and the photograph was taken by C.B. Brown (cq C.B. BROWN).
- Photo by C.B. Brown, courtesy Saguaro National Park
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) workers at Colossal Cave pose for a photograph on the steps pf a CCC barracks. Photo was taken 1937.
- Courtesy Colossal Cave Mountain Park
The Portal Ranger Station, ca. 1946, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps, ca. 1933-42.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
The Civilian Conservation Corps work camp at Peβa Blanca Lake, ca. 1933-42.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
Civilian Conservation Corps work camp at Noon Creek at the base of Mt. Graham, near the junction of SR 366 and US 191 south of Safford, ca. 1933-42.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
The Palisades Ranger Station in the Santa Catalina Mountains, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, ca. 1933-42.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
The Civilian Conservation Corps Columbine Camp on Mt. Graham in Spring, 1937.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
Crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps Madera Camp work on a small dam in Box Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains.
- Courtesy Coronado National Forest
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The work: plain, hard toil moving rocks and soil.Β The wages: 30 bucks a month.Β The results: a lasting legacy of buildings, roads, recreational sites and vital conservation projects that have enhanced our public lands and stood the test of time for more than 75 years.
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