Site and improvement records, [ca. 1930]-1965.

ArchivalResource

Site and improvement records, [ca. 1930]-1965.

Card files and record books documenting Forestry Division sites, buildings, and other facilities, and the public lease and permit uses of Conservation Department lands.

1.8 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7314727

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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Minnesota. Division of Forestry

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The Pine Island Civilian Conservation Corp camp was established on June 21, 1933 and operated until August 1934. The site sat idle until January 1935, when it became a transient camp under the Work Projects Administration (WPA) and State Emergency Relief Administration. On May 15, 1936, it was placed under the United States Department of Agriculture's Resettlement Administration, as Project LD-MN4, the Northern Minnesota Pine Island Settler Relocation Project. The purpose of the project was to p...