Minnesota's Greatest Generation

CCC fire fighting crew at MacFarlane Lake, 1936.

Fire fighting was one of the most important functions of the Civilian Conservation Corps' forestry camps. Camp members battled the blazes armed with simple tools: axes, backpack water tanks, shovels and other handtools.

Creator: Napoleon N. Nadeau for Conservation Dept.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1936
Identifer: location 121.A.3.6 Box 13, #7a4-9

CCC fire fighting crew at MacFarlane Lake, 1936.