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  • Mitchell Bay Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
    The Mitchell Bay Shelter Cabin is a historic cabin in the Admiralty Island National Monument. It is one of several cabins in the Tongass National Forest built for public recreation during the 1930s, and is part of the Admiralty Island Canoe Route. “Civilian Conservation Corps workers built the Mitchell Bay shelter cabin during the 1930s. It is a three-sided Adirondack style shelter. It has a peeled log superstructure and shake walls and roof. The cabin visually looks like the original. The sill logs have been recently replaced. The bottoms of the posts show where old nails have been removed to replace the sill...
  • Modoc National Forest Improvements - Hackamore CA
    "President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided a work force, which pushed the Modoc Forest development work years ahead. A special camp was built at Hackamore in 1933 and maintained there almost until the abandonment of the Corps in 1942. Spike camps from this main camp were established when necessary but the gentle nature of the Modoc terrain allowed workers from the main camp to reach out much further than in the average forest area... ...By the end of 1933 there were some thirty sizeable CWA crews working out from their homes on Modoc Forest projects. A large number...
  • Mohawk Mountain Ski Area - Cornwall CT
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) developed "miles of downhill and cross-country ski trails that became the Mohawk Mountain Ski Area."
  • Mohawk Park - Tulsa OK
    Both the CCC and the WPA developed Tulsa's Mohawk Park: "The National Park Service took over planning of structures in Mohawk Park from the City Park Department. The WPA workers built bridges, roads and shelters to blend in with the natural landscape. They also brought waterlines and restrooms into Mohawk for the first time."   (www.cityoftulsa.org) "Urban parks in Tulsa and Oklahoma also owed much to the CCC... One Tulsa camp turned miles of raw, often swampy land into Mohawk Park."   (Historical Atlas in Oklahoma)  
  • Mohawk Trail State Forest - Charlemont MA
    From the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: “The administration building and four log cabins built by the CCC at Mohawk Trail were featured in Albert Good’s 1938 book, Park and Recreation Structures, as outstanding examples of CCC rustic design and are still used today.”
  • Mole Harbor Shelter Cabin - Admiralty Island AK
    The Mole Harbor Shelter Lookout/Cabin is a historic cabin in the Admiralty Island National Monument. It is one of several cabins in the Tongass National Forest built for public recreation during the 1930s, and is part of the Admiralty Island Canoe Route. “Civilian Conservation Corps workers built the Mole Harbor Shelter Cabin in the Adirondack style as a three-sided shelter along the Admiralty Island canoe route. It has a peeled log superstructure and shake walls and roof. The structure is well-maintained, and its current appearance is similar to its original appearance. None of the roof or wall shakes is original. The front...
  • Mona Island Recreational Cabins - Mona Island PR
    The Civilian Conservation Corps planted trees on 400 acres and built 6 recreational cabins on Mona Island.
  • Mondeaux Dam Recreation Area - Westboro WI
    This 6.1-acre historic district includes three rustic buildings, a dam and the surrounding recreational grounds. It was a joint project of the U.S. Forest Service, the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Works Progress Administration. The work consisted of the construction of several additional features such as campgrounds and roads which are not part of the historic district. The buildings and dam are in excellent condition and appear almost exactly as they did when originally built. The district sits within a significant glacial tunnel channel and esker system that were created during the pleistocene. A segment of the Ice Age National...
  • Monitor Valley Road - Manhattan NV
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed a 16-foot-wide road between Belmont, Nevada and the Monitor Valley. The road is likely what is now known as Nevada 82.
  • Monjeau Lookout - Lincoln National Forest NM
    Monjeau Lookout is located in the Lincoln National Forest near Alto, New Mexico. The lookout "is a famous landmark on the Smokey Bear Ranger District built originally in 1936 and then reconstructed in 1940 as part of a Civilian Conservation Corps project.  This site is a wonderful and adventurous place to visit.  Roads leading up to the site are dirt and can be steep in places.  Visit during the summer months as the road leading to it closes during the winter with the advent of snow.  Monjeau Lookout is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)."   (nps.gov)
  • Mono Debris Dam - Los Padres National Forest CA
    The Mono Debris Dam was Built by CCC Co. 2928, Camp Mono, in Los Padres National Forest CA, in the vicinity of Santa Barbara. This debris retention dam was built to protect the Gibraltar Reservoir from sedimentation. Gibraltar Reservoir, on the Santa Ynez River is a major source of municipal water supply for the City of Santa Barbara.  
  • Mono Hot Springs Improvements - Lakeshore CA
    The Kaiser Pass Road (opened in 1927) resulted in increased travel to Mono Hot Springs on the west side of the Sierra Nevada near Huntington Lake – one of the best-known hot springs in California. Therefore, the Forest Service decided to utilize the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to upgrade the facilities there. In 1934, the CCC men constructed a bathhouse and several auxiliary buildings over the concrete-walled springs on the south side of the San Joaquin River.  On the north side of the river, the CCC built a campground. The buildings were torn down in 1963 and a new bathhouse built on...
  • Monongahela National Forest: Camp Nicholas P-53 - WV
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built Camp Nicholas P-53 in the Monongahela National Forest. Pictured are CCC crews carrying out construction activities in 1935.
  • Monongahela National Forest: CCC Camp Barracks - Lead Mine WV
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built camp barracks in the Monongahela National Forest, in 1933. Pictured are CCC crews and barracks under construction photographed by E.S. Shipp in September 1933. This is likely Camp Nicholas P-53.
  • Monongahela National Forest: Forest Supervisor’s Headquarters - Elkins WV
    This USDA building is a U.S. Treasury project from 1936-37. According to the West Virginia Department of Commerce: “Dedicated in 1937, the USDA building symbolized increased importance of the Department of Agriculture and the Forest Service in the New Deal era. It housed offices for Civilian Conservation Corps projects and local New Deal programs designed to assist rural farmers and woodsmen. The rectangular, three-story, Neo-Classical designed building is constructed of red brick with stone trim. The original grading and landscaping around the exterior of the building was done with CCC labor. Most notable is the woodpaneled interior reception/entrance area where two...
  • Monongahela National Forest: Road Construction - WV
    The Civilian Conservation Corps built a road in the Monongahela National Forest. The company likely belonged to Camp Nicholas P-53.
  • Monrovia Mountain Park - Monrovia CA
    An 80 acre park in the San Gabriel Mountains that was the site for CCC camp F-131 that was constructed May 26, 1933. One of 20 camps in the Angeles National Forest. "The U.S. Forest Service extended the fire road from White Saddle to join a network of fire roads around Monrovia Peak. Most of the labor was done by the C.C.C."
  • Montauk State Park - Salem MO
    "Montauk State Park is located on 633 acres of land in the southern portion of Dent County, twenty-one miles southwest of Salem, Missouri. The outstanding natural feature of the park is a spring that forms an excellent trout stream near the head of the Current River. An old mill, rehabilitated by CCC enrollees, is an important historical feature of the park. In addition to working on the old mill, Veterans Company 1770 constructed a dam and bridge, tourist cabins, and other park buildings. Fire, heavy use, and modernization have taken their toll at Montauk, leaving few of the original CCC...
  • Monte Sano State Park Cottages - Huntsville AL
    "Monte Sano State Park is a 2,140-acre (866 ha) mountaintop retreat located in Huntsville, Alabama. It has 1930s Civilian Conservation Corps rustic cottages, built during the Great Depression, and a prime location with hiking trails overlooking scenic views, picnic areas, and modern campsites. The park officially opened August 25, 1938."
  • Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge - Seneca Falls NY
     In 1937 the Bureau of Biological Survey (from 1940, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) purchased 6,432 acres of the former Montezuma Marsh at the northern end of Cayuga Lake (one of the finger lakes of upstate New York).  In 1938, the Montezuma Migratory Bird Refuge was established by Executive Order 7971 to provide a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds on the Atlantic Flyway. The name was changed to the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in 1940.  Today, the refuge covered about 9,800 acres. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established a camp to work on this wildlife refuge, as it...
  • Montgomery Bell State Park - Burns TN
    "Montgomery Bell State Park is a Tennessee state park in Dickson County, Tennessee in the United States. The park is 3,782 acres (1,531 ha) and sits at an elevation of 758 feet (231 m). The park is open for year-round recreation including boating, hiking, camping, fishing and golf. Montgomery Bell State Park was built during the Great Depression by members of the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps as Montgomery Bell Recreational Demonstration Area."  
  • Monument Ridge Fire Lookout – Bridger-Teton National Forest WY
    Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees stationed in the Bridger-Teton National Forest of Wyoming constructed the Monument Ridge Fire Lookout in 1941. The structure is the only remaining fire lookout in Wyoming assembled with precut logs. The wooden cabin looks over the Hoback Ranger District and has a sweeping view of the surrounding mountain ranges. The lookout was used to identify and fight forest fires until the 1970s, when it was decommissioned by the U.S. Forest Service. Today, the Monument Ridge Fire Lookout is a common destination for hikers, bikers and ATV-riders who traverse the Hoback Mountain Range. It remains in relatively good...
  • Moon Lake Project: CCC Camp - Bridgeland UT
    The US Bureau of Reclamation built the Moon Lake Reclamation Project in 1935-41, with the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).  It provides irrigation water for the the Moon Lake Water Users Association in the Duchesne Valley of northeastern Utah. The CCC established a camp, BR-11, under the sponsorship of the Bureau of Reclamation.  It was located near Bridgeland, a hamlet between Duchesne and Myton, on the north side of the Duchesne River.  There is no recognizable trace of the camp left that we could find. Moon Lake Dam and reservoir, built by the Bureau of Reclamation, is the principle element of...
  • Moon Lake Project: Distribution Canals - Duchesne Valley UT
    The US Bureau of Reclamation built the Moon Lake Reclamation Project 1935-41, with the assistance of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).  It provides irrigation water for the Moon Lake Water Users Association in the Duchesne Valley of northeastern Utah Moon Lake reservoir is the principle storage facility for the project. Moon Lake Dam was built by the Bureau of Reclamation. A secondary storage reservoir, now called Lake Boreham, was created by the CCC-built Midview Dam, The three main distribution canals for the project were built by the CCC:  •The Duchesner Feeder Canal (1934-35), running north-south for 15 miles from the Duchesne River to the...
  • Moon Lake Project: Midview Dam and Lake Boreham - Myton UT
    Midview Dam was constructed between 1935 and 1937 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working under the supervision of the Bureau of Reclamation.  It was built as off-stream storage for the Moon Lake Reclamation Project in the Duchesne Valley of northeastern Utah.   Midview Dam is an earthen dam with a height of 54 feet and length of 1900 feet at its crest. The CCC also built a dike 21 feet high and c. 2,500 feet long to secure the reservoir along its northeastern flank.  The dam is owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, but the reservoir is operated by the local...
  • Moore Home State Historic Site - Lerna IL
    The Moore Home was the home of Abraham Lincoln's stepsister. Lincoln saw his stepmother Sarah Bush Lincoln here for the last time January 31, 1861. The Civilian Conservation Corps dismantled the dilapidated structure and reconstructed it using as much of the original materials as possible.
  • Moose Brook State Park - Gorham NH
    "The 87 park acres and surrounding 668 acres of state forest were purchased by the state in 1934. The swimming area, bathhouse, campground, and administration building were built at that time and the park opened to the public in 1936. The original administration building, still in use, is an excellent example of classic Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) design and construction. "
  • Moosehorn National Wildlife Preserve - Baring ME
    "Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge is a northern treasure in the National Wildlife Refuge System. It consists of nearly 30,000 acres of federally protected lands in northeastern coastal Maine. The refuge's landscape is varied, with rolling hills, large ledge outcroppings, streams, lakes, bogs, and marshes. The diversity of forests and wetlands provides habitat for over 225 species of birds, endangered species, resident wildlife and rare plants. A northern hardwood forest of aspen, maple, birch, spruce and fir dominates the upland. Scattered stands of majestic white pine are common. The Edmunds Division boasts several miles of rocky shoreline where tidal fluctuations of...
  • Moraine Park Amphitheater - Rocky Mountain National Park CO
    Moraine Park, a large valley in the southeastern portion of Rocky Mountain National Park, was  purchased in 1931 by the National Park Service, which cleared the area of most of its former private resort structures. In 1934, the Public Works Administration (PWA) funded a thorough remodeling of the building to convert it into Rocky Mountain National park’s primary museum. In 1935-36, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was called upon to build an amphitheater, designed by the National Park Service, next to the museum. It an seat 500 people. (Brock, p 43). It was added to the national register listing for Moraine Park...
  • Moran State Park: General Development - Olga WA
    Moran State Park was created in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700-acres to the state for a park. Like many state parks at the time, it was not well developed for public recreation until the coming of the New Deal. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. The CCC typically used native materials on site to construct the many stone and wooden shelters and buildings. The Moran State Park website offers a few more details on its History page: "In...
  • Moran State Park: Observation Tower - Olga WA
    Moran State Park was created in 1921 when Robert Moran, shipbuilder and former mayor of Seattle, donated more than 2,700-acres to the state for a park. Like many state parks at the time, it was not well developed for public recreation until the coming of the New Deal. Most of the trails, roads, bridges, and buildings in the park were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. The CCC typically used native materials on site to construct the many stone and wooden shelters and buildings. The most notable of the CCC's structures is the stone observation tower at the...
  • Morey Pond Facilities (former) - Union CT
    The Civilian Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) "built a caretaker's cabin, bath houses and facilities for swimmers at Morey Pond" at Nipmuck State Forest. These days, Interstate 84 runs right through the middle of Morey Pond, and these facilities no longer exist.
  • Morgan Falls Campground - Chequamegon National Forest WI
    The CCC built a campground near Morgan Falls in the Chequamegon National Forest of northern Wisconsin. The campground flooded in 1946 and closed in 1960 due to over-saturation and unsafe camping conditions. Today, hikers and snowshoers can see fieldstone fireplaces, a well, and a round cistern along the trail that connects Morgan Falls to St. Peter's Dome, a granite outcrop offering views of Lake Superior.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Barn - Martinsville IN
    Concrete foundation, board and batten walls, clapboard in gable ends, gabled roof, asphalt shingles. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bean Bloossom Shelter House & Picnic Area - Martinsville IN
    Stone foundation, board and batten walls, wood shingles, gabled roof, and stone chimney. Virtually identical to Bryant Creek shelter house. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bean Blossom Lake - Martinsville IN
    Earth dam, now partly destroyed, that until recently impounded a lake originally of 17 acre. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1934 an 1935.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bryant Creek Lake & Dam - Martinsville IN
    Approx. 3-4 acre lake impounded by earth dam at west end. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1934.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Bryant Creek Shelter House - Martinsville IN
    Stone Foundation, gabled roof. Typical of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) national construction on state lands. From 1934.
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest CCC Camp - Martinsville IN
    Extensive remnants of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, constructed between 1933 and 1938; concrete foundations, roadbeds, ditches, excavations- overgrown and with a more recent pared road bisecting the area. This site encompasses a larger area and more extensive remnants than are usually found at such locations, perhaps become, as evidence indicate, there were two companies encompassed here. (At one point there was a third company, but scant evidence indicates, its camp was elsewhere, along Anderson Road)
  • Morgan-Monroe State Forest Cherry Lake - Martinsville IN
    Roughly 1.5-acre lake impounded by earth dam with riprap, concrete outlet. Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935.
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