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This 1936 shows men with crosscut saws and peaveys working on logs and stumps at the Upper Beaver CCC Camp.

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MOVING HISTORY FORWARD: 1930s CCC Camps in the St. Joe Forest
December 30, 2022 1 a.m.

MOVING HISTORY FORWARD: 1930s CCC Camps in the St. Joe Forest

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected U.S. President in 1932, he was faced with solving the problems of a country rich in resources but with a declining economy which was strangling growth and limiting prosperity.