1930s CCC crew

ID: 363 ~ Source: From Washington Rural Heritage. “CCC Camp Moran sandstone quarry,” available at https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/orcas/id/5104/rec/42.

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A CCC crew from the 1930s works in a sandstone quarry at the northeast shore of Orcas Island to harvest stones for the observation tower atop Mount Constitution.

This file appears in: The CCC on Orcas Island

The CCC on Orcas Island – The national service crew working on Orcas Island today looks a little different than the crew that helped develop Moran State Park.

By Rachel Baker

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 5th, 1933. The New Deal program operated until 1942 and provided a source of work and income for hundreds of thousands of young,…