1st Sgt. on company street at CCC Co. 531 A little recreation in camp After a hard day's work at Spike Camp Mullen, Idaho All camps had a dog All cleaned up and no place to go An olld Flume for skidding logs off the mountain Another view of bridge over Big Creek. We built them solid Barracks all cleaned up for inspedtion. Bear Trap -we took them a long way off and released them hoping that they would leave our garbage dump alone Big Bear lake - elevation 7,000 ft. Big old fellow, all alone . Probably looking for mama buffalo. Big Red Lokant (W.Va. ) holding up the sign Bill Whitley (our barracks leader from Kentucky) Great guy Bill Whitley on left (our leader on woods crew) Black Bear running away from camera. (near the X) Boy I'm thirsty Boy I'm tough Bridge over Big Creek below camp Camp area at lower left. Looking down on the North fork of the Couer d'Alene River Camp Big Creek Camp Bulldozer Cattle crossing at the entranceof the park Christmas in the Mess Hall Cleaning off the barracks roof-you can just see teh corner of the window to their right Close up of engine on Northern Pacific line near Mullan. Note the size of engine for hauling freight thru mountains Cold weather, all the stoves are working Company street looking toward Hqtrs. Bldg. CCC Co. 531 Cooks outside our messhall Couple of rookies ready for liberty Cutting up a little wood for the barracks stove. Not supposed to cut your leg. Deer on frozen river Dry river bed until spring floods. Ed Lash ready to ship out for home Elmer Gerbeck 1st Sgt of Co. 531, Pritchard, ID Elza Burge playing guitar in Spike Camp Fairlyn Foster 12-18-1931 001 Fairlyn Foster, Mullan, ID 1939. Father Louie and I were good friends. Feeding our pet deer (fawn) Fellow at Spike Camp Fellow from John Platt's barracks Fire Equipment at barracks Fire Tower near Mullan Pass Forest Ranger at CCC Camp Devil's Elbow 6 or 7 mi. above us on the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River Forest Service HQ's One of our maintainance crew Fred Lokant from Oak Hill, West Virginia Freight Train making its way uo th emountainto Mullan Pass into Montana. Taken from Shoshone Park Garage for our 5 or 6 trucks George Bugai from near Tiltonsville. OH George Petrisko from Steubenville, OH CCC Co. 531 Getting a haircut. Getting out logs we used to crib up the sides of the roads-all dirt in those days Good shot or our water line crossing Uranus Creek. It took some engineering to get this just right. Good sized log. We did everything by hand in those days. we were tough kid. It helped in making good soldiers when the war broke out. Great old trucks-mostly 37 Chev. Had a little snow piled up near the flag pole. High & dry. Checking the barracks roof Highway 10 going from Mullan, Pass toward Idaho 1939 Hillsides are a little steep in this part of Idaho How to use a shovel. I really loved these mountains-part of the Bitteroots between WA and MT. Called the panhandle region of ID I think I'll set this one out. 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Corral at Co. 531. Issac Sanders was from Cincinnati area. One of our woods crew. Joe Bugaj 3 ft of snow near main camp Big Creek John Platt Barracks 7 CCC Pritchard, ID 1939 John Platt the one under the X with a couple of friends ready for weekend duty Johnny Muscar, the Baker for Co. 531.Met him in Portland, ME in 42. He was in the Coast Guard there Just a couple of the girls who came to the park from Burke Canyon (a small town near Mullan) Keep your finger there a second longer and see what happens Late Fall, water is down after a dry summer. We fought a lot of forest fires then Laundry Day at Spike Camp Lead & Silver mining town 38-39 Logging operations (clear cutting) Lonesome Pine Looking down on Company area CCCCo. 531. Coeur d'Alene River in the background. Looking North up Uranus Creek above CCC Co. 531 looking toward camp wood piles Lost in the woods L-R 1st, unknown-2nd Chick Wethington (head cook)-3rd Smokey Gosselt (truck driver)-4thunknown-5th Ed Lash (from Steubenville) Lt Lalu one of our Co. 531 officers Mess Hall at Spike Camp Mike Misconish looking back at deer jumping down the bank from the road. Mike Misconish our driver of teh team of Belgian horses we logged with. From Mingo Jct., OH moonlight on the mountain Mullan, Idaho Near Camp Big Creek winter of 1939 Near Sunset Peak looking South toward Kellogg. Norman Leubbert (in middle) and friends. CCC Camp 531 Pritchard, Idaho Northern Pacific RR making its way over Mullan Pass Loop. Note our heating system-We cut and split every stick of wood we burned both for heat and cooking in the kitchen. It took a lot On right -Ed Lash, 2nd from right-Elza Burge from Rayland, OH, others unknown On teh edge. The river is way down below. On the way to a big weekend in Wallace, ID One of our clowns in Co. 531 One of our cooks at Spike Camp - Mullen, ID One of our foreman at CCC C0. 531 One of our foreman at CCC Co. 531 One of our leaders at Mullen Spike Camp. We built ShoshoneCo. Park near there. One of the road drew putting in drains. Pritchard, Idaho One of the twin lakes above the Shoshone Co. Park. Near Hwy,. 90 crosses Mullan Pass into Montana. Our alternative to hand power. They really could handle some loads. Our bakers get the bread ready for a hungry mob. Our camp area inluding maint. bldg, in foreground, Couer d'Alene in background Our doctors - really just hospital attendents. Our fire tower on Uranus Peak Our friends-tied up for safety Our home away from home Our home away from home. Note the rafters, nothing fancy here. Our neighbors near camp Our Rec hall. You had a choice ping pong, pool or jsut B.S. eac other. We went to the movies in Wallace once a month Our Rec truck & ambulance. On Red on left and Smokey Gosselt on right-our drivers Our team, we had fun Paths shoveled out between building Photo from Highway 10 now US 570 Probably lunch time-we carried 2 sandwiches and an apple in a cloth 5lb. sugar sack tied to our waist. Probably the Forest Ranger's cabin. He was near camp. Ready for Winter Rec Hall in foreground T shaped buildong to left is Mess Hall. Red Emery Red Emery- The F132 was our forestry camp designation. HQ was at Ft. George Wright in Spokane, Wash. Right Johnny Muscar Camp Baker met him in Protland, ME in 1943. He was in the USCG Roads were not too great in the winter. Taken just below camp at Big Creek Rough country (leader) Bill Whitley from Kentucky Saturday morningn clean-up gettting ready for inspection Second growth trees after forest fire, trunks of burned pines still stand. She really caught some fish. (trout) Shelter House in Shoshone Co. Park. Water fountain in foreground. Shoshone Co. Park. Shleter in the background. We built several in the park Small stick of wood Some Highway near camp. A bear is ambling along probably heading for the garbage dump. Spike Camp Supply building at camp Taken 1937 This view was taken in front of the headquarters bldg. looking to ward the Basketball court. Taken from mountain above Camp Big Creek Taken from the road above the dispensary at Camp Big Creek Taking a break from Blister Rust work Tent Camp while barracks were being built. The old corral. One of our work team. The road home from Camp to Wallace, Idaho about 35 miles. There were some big trees before the 1910 fire. This is the water pipeline we built across teh river to bring water down from Uranus Creek 1938 Train tracks thru Burke-mining town near Mullan. They go right down the main street Typical mess hall, always scrubbed clean and kept neat Up a lazy river except in spring Uranus Creek Using cant hooks to turn the little piece of wood V ery narrow valley. We were cutting an oldl log jam that turned the river against our road and was washing it away. Bill Whitley on top of snow pile. View from a fire lookout tower . View of the Forest Service office building with the Infirmary in the background. View of the river showing teh water pipeline bridge in the background, taken 1938. Wally Pietrezak from Steubenville, OH. CCC Co. 531 Water line over Uranus Creek We didn't need a sign to tell us where we were, nowhere Wild country Northern Idaho 38-39 Winter 38-39 CCC Co. 531 Winter at Camp Big Creek Winter of 1938 or 1939 Winter of 1939. We had a lot of snow to play in. Wood pile for our barracks stoves Yellowstone Park 1920's from Dr. Bowman A stump left from the 1910 fire which burned a 50-75 mi. path from the state of Washington all the way across Idaho to the western edge of Montana. lightbox thumbnail gallery by v5.6