The Civilian Conservation Corps In Arizona'S Rim Country: Working In The Woods

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149 Ashurst, Henry, Sen., 6 Bar X Ranch camp (f-24-a), 9, 21, 41, 124; baseball at, 80; camp history, 40–43; Chamberlain Trail (fr 200) project, 41–42; Fourth of July, 79; spring box project, 42; Young (Ariz.) rodeo, 77 baseball, 80–81; at Bar X Ranch, 80; at Buffalo Crossing, 48, 82; at Chevalon Canyon, 80, 101; at Indian Gardens, 86; at Los Burros, 101; and Payson , 101 Bealey, Francis, 20, 108; and wildlife , 110–11 Begani, Joe, 81 Big Lake (Ariz.), 24, 50; cattle guard project, 94; summer work at, 47 Blue Buffalo, 94, 121; and jokes and pranks, 76; newspaper cover, 99; poetry in, 103; and sports, 101 Blue camp (f-03-a), 17; 21, 81; camp history, 28–31; church services at, 75; classes at, 94; Hispanics at, 117; isolation of, 28; library at, 94; meals at, 66; projects of, 29–30; and weather, 17, 91. See also Eugene (Gene) Gaddy; Richard Thim Buffalo Crossing camp (f-54-a), 12, 46, 50, 75, 76; camp history , 46–48; classes at, 94; library at, 94; Fred Martin at, 24; off-hour activities, 48; recreation opportunities, 26; Index Note: Italic page numbers refer to illustrations. A-Cross Angelus, 100 A-Cross camp (f-29-a), 42, 88 Adamana camp (np-08-a), 94 “Adirondack style” camp shelters, at Blue camp, 30, 31 African American enrollees, 11; at Bar X Ranch camp, 41; at Hart Canyon, 34; in mixed camps, 8–9, 9; at Young (Ariz.), 79 Airport camp (f-45-a), Marshall Wood at, 72 Alpine (Ariz.), 30, 82; location of f-04-a, 32; location of Three Forks camp, 50 Apache National Forest: Blue camp in, 28; geography of, 15; Greer camp in, 54; southern section, 18 Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests , fire towers in, 130–32. See also Apache National Forest; Sitgreaves National Forest Aripine (Ariz.), and rodent control project, 35, 71 Arizona CCC legacy, 124–27 Arizona enrollment, 6, 101; at Eagle Creek camp, 44; at Hart Canyon camp, 33; at Pivot Rock camp, 52–54; serving in Mogollon Rim/ White Mountains, 25–26 Army. See camp commanding officers; U.S. Army Ashdale–Cave Creek camp (f-34-a), 38, 90 150 j index side camp at Big Lake/Crescent Lake, 47; side camp at Hannagan Meadow, 47; summer camp, 29 Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 10 camp —canteen, at Bar X Ranch, 21; at Chevalon Canyon, 21–22; at Los Burros, 68 —commanding officers, 2, 24, 67; and contracts for camp meals, 21; dealing with enrollee isolation , 26; and defense training, 90, 122; enrollee discharges, 121–22; and meals and menus, 65–66; and camp organization, 20; and project assignments, 63; and Saturday detail, 92. See also E. C. Runge (Capt.); D. M. Walker (Capt.) —dispositions, 122–24; at Blue camp, 124; at Chevalon Canyon, 124; at Indian Gardens, 90 —library room, 79–80, 94. See also under individual camps —locations, 129; site criterion, 27 —newspaper, 96–105; comics, 98; and education program, 101–2; and enrollee discharges, 121; and enrollee pride, 96, 104–5; and enrollee slackers, 100; Forest Service page, 102–3; format, 97; goal and purpose, 96; illustrators , 97; jokes, 103; personal tidbits , 97–98; poetry, 103–4; sports page, 101. See also individual camp newspapers Camp Verde School District (Ariz.), 14 CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), abandonment of summer camps, 54; accomplishments, 8; birth of, 1; camp buildings and design, 12; camp codes and numbers, camp regulations, 114– 15; and church services, 74–75; and clothing, 115; and dances and entertainment, 45, 78–79, 94–95; and defense training, 90; and desertions, 2, 26, 51, 122; enlistment term, 1; equipment training classes, 13–14; and ethnic minorities, 8; and homesickness , 26, 47, 107–8; and Indian Division, 10–11; and jobs, 6; and jokes and pranks, 75–76, 83, 103; and meals and menus, 64–66; “mixed camps,” 8; open houses, 78; and private landholders, 6; purpose of, 1; and “Record of Service,” 123–24; reenlistments, 59, 122; survivors, 127; training, 1; and “traveling library,” 80; veterans unit, 48–50. See also camp commanding officers; education advisers Chamberlain Trail (fr 200): and Bar X Ranch camp, 41–42; and Indian Gardens camp, 39–40 Chandler (Ariz.), 3; and Richard Thim, 114, 117 Chevalon (Chevelon) Canyon Camp (f-78-a), 3, 14, 17, 59, 60, 78, 99, 112; baseball at, 79, 80; bridge project, 59–60, 110; camp history , 58–61; canteen, 21–22; church services at, 75; and “Dutch Joe...