Subject files, 1939-1968.

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Subject files, 1939-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/313871429

Subject files covering mainly land acquisition, sale of state land, release of state forest land for sale, tax-forfeited land, forest statistics, and leases and permits. The majority of the land acquisition files relate to the Minnesota Memorial Hardwood State Forest; other areas documented include the George Washington, Kabetogama, Chippewa, Minnesota, and Bay Lake state forests.

0.8 cu. ft. (2 partial boxes).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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SNAC Resource ID: 7317948

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Minnesota. Dept. of Conservation.

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Minnesota. Forest Development and Recreation Section.

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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...