Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Civilian Conservation corps workers building road near Roosevelt

A total of nearly 3900 miles of roads were built thorugh Minnesota's state and national forests by the Civilian Conservation Corps. This crew was photographed while building a new road near Roosevelt, in northern Minnesota.

Creator: J.A. Gjelhaug
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1933
Identifer: location E445.2 r76

Civilian Conservation corps workers building road near Roosevelt