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In the 1930s a small Michigan was carved into the ground at Camp Lunden, near Lewiston by men working in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

In the 1930s a small Michigan was carved into the ground at Camp Lunden, near Lewiston by men working in the Civilian Conservation Corps.

During the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal came to Moffat County in a slew of government programs to help lift the area out of economic chaos. Of these programs, the most effective...

3/31/2014: It’s no secret that the thirties were a difficult time. As people watched their crops fail and their lives became struggles, there was a general outcry for improved conditions. FDR was inaugurated as President on March 3, 1933; by the end of the month, on this date, he signed into law an emergency employment act. A few days later, under this act, the Emergency Conservation Work agency was established. Its goal was to relieve unemployment and to aid in restoring the natural resources of the land. This eventually became the Civilian Conservation Corp.