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Lava Beds National Monument photo: Hikers on the Grand View Point Trail

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A CCC camp at Gillem's Camp, 1936



Even unpaved roads were better than nothing


Posing for the camera, a CCC crew on the job



Notice the ice skates on the man in the center of the image? Merrill Ice Cave once hosted an annual skate party.


Training day for new CCC recruits.



Soldiers at Gillem's Camp during the Modoc War

History - War, CCC, and Recreation

From the land of the Modoc Indians to tragic conflict with the U.S. Army, and on through the CCC camps of the 30's and early visitors, the photographic history of the Lava Beds is fascinating.
 
 
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