Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Roadside cleanup by Civilian Conservation Corps

Clearing brush and young trees away from the sides of forest roads helped to create a firebreak. This Civilian Conservation Corps crew cleaned up forest roads in northern Minnesota in 1939.

Creator: W.E. Christnagel
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1939
Identifer: location E445.2 r160

Roadside cleanup by Civilian Conservation Corps