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Lewis and Clark forest camps chosen for emergency corps
Two forest conservation camps in Lewis and Clark National Forest near Augusta and Stanford will be built by Emergency Conservation Corps workers. Base camps at Ford Creek 17 miles west of Augusta and Dry Wolf Creek head near Stanford will support road and trail construction, range improvement, and camp grounds maintenance. Ten men from Cho teau and other towns join 1,000 authorized statewide. additional experienced recruits may be sent ahead to prepare camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clark National Forest
War Department
Emergency Conservation Corps
Missoula
Ford Creek
Augusta
Benchmark
Beaver Creek
Sunriver
Willow Ceek
Kings Hill
Dry Wolf Creek
Stanford
Kings hill-Baldy
Belt Creek
The
Conservation Corps
Montana
Teton County
Lewis & Clark Forest
Tetofure
Jas. Zion
Choteau
Ben Straight
Field
Jim Cook
Maurice Lindseth
W. N. Streeter
Thos. Moore
Bud Burns
Spud Moore
Charles Coulter
Lyle Malcolm
Burt Wells
Dinty’ Moore
Harry Bleecker
Gotch Jacobs
Frank Kline
Chateau
Klein
Mr. Streeter
Streeter
Forest Service