One of the most important functions of the Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota during the draught-ridden years of the depression was to fight forest fires. The CCC men pictured in this 1936 photograph are battling a blaze near Pequayan Lake in northern Minnesota.
Creator: Napoleon N. Nadeau for Minnesota Conservation Dept.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1936
Identifer: location 121.A.3.6 Box 13 #7a2-17
