CCC Legacy Journal:   July-August 2009, Vol. 33 Issue 4

Remembrance: Ed Hogan - Camp Brown's Creek 

 My service was from spring of 1941 until fall of 1941.

I boarded a train in Little Rock, AR, with a hundred or more other Arkansas men and headed west.  We arrived on a beautiful day at Greer, Idaho on the Clearwater River.  I said to myself, “This is going to be a wonderful experience”.

The name of the camp was Camp Brown’s Creek but I don’t recall the camp number.  This being a Forestry Camp, I was on a Blister Rust crew.  My job was to take a large ball of swine, but a stick in the center of the spool, place it over my shoulder and mark off lanes for the crew to follow pulling ribes bushes which caused the blister rust.  I also fought a small forest fire.  Other members of this camp built road, trails and camp grounds.  While there, I also had my tonsils extracted at Fort George Wright, outside of Spokane, Washington, an old military base.

Camp Browns Creek Camp closed in August and we were transferred to Camp Sullivan Lake, Metaline Falls, WA, also a Forestry Camp.

I was glad to hear of keeping the history of the CCC camps alive and commend you on all you are doing and your efforts.

Ed Hogan