Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
A crew of young men and their leaders working on Ferron Mountain. There were 200 boys in that camp the first year and 47 married girls from Emery County. The Civilian Conservation Corps throughout the United States built 125,000 miles of roads,...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Company 959 working on Ferron Mountain under the direction of the Forest Service. The young men had to work very hard, and much of their work was done by hand.
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; CCC Boys; Price, Owen; Uniforms
The Civilian Conservation Corps took young men from ages 18 - 22 years old. The average age nation wide was 18.5 years, so they were referred to as the CCC Boys. One former member recalls, "They must have had warehouses full of Army surplus...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Ferron; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen took this photograph of Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron as part of his photography class with the CCCs. This company worked with the Forest Service. The CCCs were organized as a civilian branch of the army when the nation was in a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Price, Owen; Uniforms; CCC
The Civilian Conservation Corps took young men from ages 18 - 22 years old. The average age nation wide was 18.5 years, so they were referred to as the CCC Boys. One former member recalls, "They must have had warehouses full of Army surplus...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Company 959; Wilson, Chris; Price, Owen; CCC
Owen Price has written the name Chris Wilson, Foreman, on this photograph of his CCC days. Most of the foremen, supervisors, and other jobs for adult men were filled by local men.
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Ferron; Company 959; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
This man was an CCC Education Supervisor for the Ferron Camp located in Ferron Canyon, which is the backdrop for this photograph. He had defected from Russia when he was 12 years old, and had joined the army as soon as he was old enough. He was a...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
This man was an CCC Education Supervisor. He had defected from Russia when he was 12 years old, and had joined the army as soon as he was old enough. He was a retired officer when he was brought back into service to help with the CCCs. Educational...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 949 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; Officers; Mortensen, Orlon; CCC
Orlon Mortensen is standing second from right (on the back row) with a few young men and officers. This is Camp F-11 Company 959. Each CCC company throughout the nation worked with an agency of the government. In Emery County the CCCs worked with...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; San Rafael Swell; Jensen, Dermis; CCC
Dermis Jensen was hired to be part of the Civilian Conservation Corps as the San Rafael Bridge Project Supervisor. He was a farmer and trapper from Emery, but lived in this tent on the Swell during the time he was supervisor of the Bridge project....
Orlon Mortensen joined the CCCs when he was 18 years old and was assigned to Camp F-11 Company 959 in Ferron. They worked for the Forest Service on Ferron Mountain and in Ferron Canyon. Young men who joined the CCCs were given a roof over their...
Emery County (Utah); Civilian Conservation Corps; USGS; CCC
Pantry shelves filled with food was an unusual sight during the Depression. In cities all across America people stood in bread lines hoping to get a bite to eat. In Emery County people raised their own beef and produce and fared better than those...
Emery County (Utah); San Rafael Swell; Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC
Men, dozer and truck moving dirt. Company 529 with a base camp in Castle Dale, worked on the San Rafael Swell for the Division of Grazing. They built roads, bridges, rock walls to stabalize streams and prevent erosion, etc. Their crowining...