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The listing below contains detailed information about Minnesota’s ccc and ccc-id camps. Where more than one camp bears the same name,an effort has been made to put the camps in chronological order. Camps known by more than one name have alternate names listed in parentheses. Where more than one company served at a particular camp,the company numbers have been placed in chronological order, although reporting varied from source to source, so dates may not be exact.To aid in locating camps, the nearest post office and the county in which the post office is located have been included. It is important to note, however, that camps were not always located in the same county as the nearest post office. Each camp was given a letter-number designation, and these too are listed below. SP-1, for example, was the letter-number designation for Itasca State Park camp, the first state park camp established in Minnesota. The letters in these designations are Army U.S. Army BF Migratory Bird Refuge BS Bureau of Biological Survey D Private Land, Soil Conservation Service DPE Drainage Private Land Erosion DS Drought State Forest DSP Drought State Park F National Forest FWS Fish andWildlife Service NP National Park P Private Forest PE Private Erosion S State Forest SCS Soil Conservation Service SP State Park ANGORA CAMP NUMBER: F-29 Post Office: Cook/Virginia (St. Louis County) Known Company Number: 725 Camp Dates: 1933–34 Notes: Company 725 built Angora, as well as Cusson (S-52) andVermilion (S-94).Angora operated from November 1933 to May 1934.Its assigned work area was in the Superior National Forest. The newspapers of Company 725 were the Northern Hi-Lights and Northern Hi-Lites. BADOURA CAMP NUMBER: S-144 Post Office:Akeley (Hubbard County) Known Company Number: 2708 Dates: 1939–41 Notes: The camp opened between October 5 and 10,1939,and operated through the winter of 1941.One of the last six state forest camps to operate during the winter of 1941, its assigned work area was Foot Hills State Forest and Badoura State Forest and Nursery.The newspaper of Company 2708 was the Badoura Banner. BAPTISM CAMP NUMBER: F-54 Post Office: Ely (St. Louis County) Known Company Number: 3703 Dates: 1935–41 Notes: The camp opened on September 3,1935, and closed in the spring of 1941.Company 3703 transferred to the camp on October 26,1935.The Baptism camp’s assigned work area was in the Superior National Forest. The newspaper of Company 3703 was the Baptism Blade. BAYPORT CAMP NUMBER: SCS-17 Post Office: Bayport (Washington County) Known Company Number:V-1774 Dates: 1939–42 Notes: A company of World War I veterans (V-1774) opened the camp,located on the present site of the Bayport Golf Course, on May 8, 1939. The camp operated until the spring or summer of 1942, serving as a demonstration project in the Bayport area.Shortly before closing , officials described it as an “outstanding 136 APPENDIX I: MINNESOTA CCC AND CCC-ID CAMPS camp showing . . . evident pride.” Bayport was the last Soil Conservation Service camp in Minnesota to close. The newspapers of Company V-1774 were the Veterans Voice and Vets Voice. DuringWorldWar II,the site was used as a glider training school. BENA CAMP NUMBER: F-13 Post Office: Bena (Cass County) Known Company Number: 702 Camp Dates: 1933–42 Notes: Company 702 was organized at Fort Snelling on April 28, 1933. It opened Bena between May 9 and May 11,1933,and operated the camp until being disbanded on May 28, 1942. Bena was one of two federal forest camps, with Gunflint 1 (F-5) near Grand Marais, to operate continuously throughout the duration of the ccc in Minnesota. It was also, along with Gunflint 1 and Gegoka (F-2) at Ely, one of the last three federal forest camps to operate in the state.The Bena camp’s assigned work area was in the Chippewa National Forest. The newspaper of Company 702 was the Chippewa Pioneer. The facility was used to house German prisoners of war from 1943 to 1945. BIG FALLS CAMP NUMBER: S-143 Post Office: Big Falls (Koochiching County) Known Company Number: 4751 Dates: 1938–42 Notes: Big Falls camp opened between August 10 and August 11, 1938. Along with Deer Lake (S-95), it was one of the last two state forest ccc camps to...

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