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Growden Heritage Site
CCC Camp Growden
Camp Growden buildings in winter circa 1934-1941
Map showing the location of Growden Heritage Site
Map showing the location of Growden Heritage Site
Nearest cityColville, Washington
Coordinates48°35′8″N 118°18′16″W / 48.58556°N 118.30444°W / 48.58556; -118.30444
Average elevation2,500 ft (760 m)
EstablishedApril 1934 (CCC Growden)
DisestablishedSpring 1941 (CCC Growden)
Named forCCC Camp Growden
AdministratorColvile National Forest

Camp Growden was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, number F-62, located in the Sherman Creek Valley east of Kettle Falls in Ferry County, Washington. The location had formerly been used as a stage stop on the dirt road between Meyers Falls and Republic, Washington during the 1900's and 1920's, while the whole of the area is land traditionally identified as part of the Colville People's territory. Five years before the establishment of Growden, the region was burned in the Dollar Mountain fire, the largest wildfire seen in the national forest up to then. The CCC established a presence in the Colville National Forest in the Spring of 1933 and founded Growden in April 1934 which operated as a main CCC camp for the national forest until it was closed in the spring of 1941. The camp saw year round occupation between the spring of 1936 until May 1940. Growden was one of several CCC camps given the name "Little America", due to the rotation of men stationed there from across the United States. After the decommissioning of the camp and control of the site being transferred to the National Forest all but one of the original buildings on site were removed. By the 1950s it was a small National Forest campground and later transitioned to a rest stop and heritage site. A single out building remains on site, a former changing room placed by Lake Sherman for the use of the CCC men. Growden Dam and Lake Sherman, built by the Camp on the property in the 1930's were removed in the early 2010's due to a number of concerns regarding flooding instability, water heating, and poor wetlands ecology. Sherman Creek on the site was restored to a free flowing stream with the dam removal and interpretive signage added discussing the history of the stream.

Early land use

Growden stage station 1900?-1910?

Prior to the 1900's the area that would become Camp Growden was used by the Colville people and as an east-west travel route to the Sanpoil lands over the Kettle River crest. In the late 1800's a series of stage stops up the Sherman Creek valley had been established to facilitate the trade trail between Kettle Falls and Republic, Washington. One of the stops, operated by Amanda and Edmund Growden was placed at the confluence of Sherman and Lane Creeks and operated by Edmund and Amanda Growden.[1] The lands around the Growden stage stop were extensively logged in the 1920's by operations of the White Pine Sash Company and then the Hedlund Lumber Company. Both groups developed a network of roads, log flumes, logging railroads, and buildings in the eastern to central regions of Sherman Creek Valley. A good portion of the valley area was burned by the 1929 Dollar Mountain Fire, resulting in the loss of much of the buildings and other infrastructure which had been built from 1900-1928.[2] The Growden Ranger Station survived and was still in use in 1931 when the initial survey work for what would become highway 20 passed through the valley.[3]

1933 Inland Northwest Civilian Conservation Corps

Camp Leese in the Mount Bonaparte area

In response to the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt called for a series of New Deal programs including the establishment of a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The CCC program was set up with a month of its authorization and by May of 1933, the CCC's inland NorthWest presence was established. The district was named for Fort George Wright in Spokane, Washington, which was the headquarters for the Fort George Wright District,[4] and overseen by the Ninth Corps area command.[5] Work in the Colville National Forest by the CCC started in spring 1933 with three temporary tent camps, T-4 Togo on Deadman Creek, T-5 Leese on Lost Lake near Mount Bonaparte, and T-6 Midget on Bolder Creek pass. Each was a tent camp set up with no permanent structures and over the summer worked on a number of projects. In November 1933 all three camps were closed.[6]

Off and on occupation

In Spring 1934 two camps were opened in the forest, F-63 a tent camp south of Republic at Quartz Mountain east of the Sanpoil River named Camp McMann, and the first permanent camp of the forest, F-62 which was called Camp Growden.[6] July 1934 saw the announcement of the select "fame" or permanent camps with buildings that would be operating through during the coming winter of 1934-35. Camp Growden was included among the camps to operate, with new buildings to be constructed in anticipation for winter and the camp would be keeping the company of men present that summer.[7] After the winter thaw, the Growden leadership and company were moved to F-82 Camp Pierre Lake, which was a bit east of Orient in Stevens County, Washington. At the end of fall 1935, all CCC work in the forest was halted and no CCC men were present for that winter. With the start of spring 1936, the CCC returned staffing and men to Camp Growden and maintained that staffing continually through May 1940. At that point the company was moved to F-104 "Camp Lost Lake", a newer camp location a few miles from the original Camp Leese at Mount Boneparte and near Wauconda, Washington. In October 1940 the company was again transferred back to Camp Growden for overwintering, the last time the camp would see occupation. The company was moved back to Camp Lost Lake in the Spring of 1941 for the last time, and CCC activity in the northern Colville National Forest ceased with the coming of fall 1941. The war efforts surrounding World War II having created a growing jobs market resulted in few candidates for the spartan 6 month job stints provided by the CCC, and the whole program was defunded by congress the next year. The assets of the CCC, including Camp Growden were ordered to be liquidated by congress on July 2, 1942 and the process was reported as essentially complete on June 30, 1943.[8]

Camp life

Smoke plume above the Aeneas Creek July 30, 1934
Growden workers clearing Dollar Mountain Fire snags

Camp Growden was located at the junction of Lane Creek and Sherman Creek in conjunction with the existing Growden Ranger Station.[9] Both were next to what was then the unimproved freight road to Republic and about 10 mi (16 km) west of Kettle Falls, Washington.[10] As a national forest CCC camp, the yearly work included many yearly forest management tasks such as firefighting, logging, and replanting burns. Furthering those tasks was the building of roads, campgrounds, and fire lookouts across the Colville National Forest.[2] CCC camps were structured around 200 person companies, with officers coming from the military branches. The enrollees were allowed two years or four enrollments at most in the CCC, with each enrollment term constating of 6 months.[8] Meals included items such as beans, mashed potatoes, venison. and pie.[10]

1934

Official announcement of the first Fort Wright District camps of 1934 was published around April 10, 1934. A total of 20 camps were initially to be staffed by April 16th and 20th with nine full companies travelling up from duty in California and 11 "cadres" from California or Vancouver, Washington. Camp Growden, along with Camp McMann south of Republic, were slated to receive the Vancouver cadres arriving in Spokane on the 20th before travelling up to the Colville National Forest. Each of the cadres was comprised of an officer and 25 CCC enrollees, who would be in charge of preparing the chosen camp location for the arrival of the main company about 10 day later.[11] The main body of company 602 travelled from Spokane to Camp Growden on April 26 with company 605 who continued west to Camp McMann.[12] The summer of 1934 was mostly dedicated to firefighting in the region, including the massive 20,000 acres (81 km2) Aeneas Creek Fire east of Curlew, Washington that took an estimated 2,000 firefighters to contain. At the same time, other fires in the national forest burned an additional 9,000 acres (36 km2), and fire efforts on all the blazes required help from the neighboring national forest units in the region. As a result, other CCC designated projects were delayed until late in the year after the fires were contained or out.[6]

On August 28, the contracts to supply construction materials for Camp Growdens winterization and permanent building were announced. Companies in Colville and Lewiston, Idaho each got a contract while group of businesses' in Spokane secured the other five. The materials to be supplied included lumber, mill work, hardware, roofing, plumbing, and electrical.[13] In late September the list of camps in the district which would be remaining operating during the coming winter. Camp Growden was one of only ten camps to be chosen, out of the 41 open over the summer in the district. The major portion of the CCC men, around 8,000 were to be transferred south to California and another 2,000 were sent back east for release.[14] Over the next month the preparations for company transitioning took place, with the last 80 men from Camp McMann moved over to Growden and the whole of the current company 602 working on finishing work for a winterized camp. In addition to the building work, a group of men completed the planting of approximately 65,000 2 year old ponderosa saplings, covering about 50 acres (20 ha) of Sherman Creek Watershed. Around November 1 all of the company was also transferred to California work and a new company slated to arrive for the winter season.[15]

November 14th saw Lieutenant Commander Clarence L. Bradfield commanding the new 184 man Company 950 had arrived and settled into camp. The company had been relocated from Camp Sullivan Lake in Idaho. The main tasks for 950 would be roads building, stringing telephone line, hazard mitigation and replanting trees. A small 16 man contingent was split out to "spike camp" in Republic. The group was bunked at the Republic ranger station and tasked with continuing Camp McMann tasks such as finishing building two houses for Rangers and a rockery wall.[16] Two major road building projects were taken up by the 950 in November, with the continuation of Barnaby Creek road around Barnaby Butte and connecting Sherman Creek road to the Lake Ellen area in the southeast corner of the national forest. They also started work on the new Skalawag Ridge road, running up from the South Fork Sherman Creek road to the Skalawag ridge lookout[17] on top of the mountain overlooking Camp Growden.[18] In camp itself, general clean up work accompanied drainage field construction and sidewalk installation.[17] By December 19, 4 mi (6.4 km) of the Skalawag Ridge road had been completed, with CCC personnel estimating it would be finished by January 1935. With snow coming into the region Telephone line work towards Stahley and White Mountains would continue as long as snow allows, with 5 mi (8.0 km) already finished. At camp, early land clearing work was started for the proposed Lake Sherman with about 8 acres (32,000 m2) being impacted. The Republic spike camp was moved into winter housing there and prep work had started in Kettle Falls to establish a similar spike camp situation. As with the Republic crew, the Kettle falls men would be tasked with building of a warehouse, several residences, and a ranger station.[19]

1935

July 12, 1935 planning map of the Sherman Lake Recreation area

January 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=F9NXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=3445,2576418&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikvIfOpYmIAxXLIzQIHVJbKZI4MhDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle Jan 11, 1935

  • Snowfall hampering transport to the winter CCC camps in Ft Wright District, with snow storm possibly blocking Growden and Priest Lake. Already 2-3 ' on the ground in the Growden area and camp bulldozers and men for road clearing.

May 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=x2IKAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=3897,2027975&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipnaSD-PqHAxVNFDQIHe-sNSE4HhDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Ellensburgh Capital May 3, 1935

  • 40,000 ponderosa seedlings planted in the Dollar Mountain burn, other seedlings planted Oct of 1934

April 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=_wIrAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA34&dq=Growden+camp+ground&article_id=4999,742735&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_0un2zY6IAxXuEjQIHV-wM5gQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20camp%20ground&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Initial plans for "winter sports site" at Growden announced, lake suggested for ice skating, while mountain slope suggested for tobogganing and skiing

May 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=ltRXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA23&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4377,4025538&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle May 16, 1935

  • dinner program for 40 C of Com (25 Col, 12 KF)

September 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=4LEcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA9&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=3639,5299291&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjsxIrGxIuIAxU_JTQIHXGbDZU4PBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle Sep 20, 1935

  • Winter plans announced with increased number of open camps. Growden listed as one of three already built camps not officially listed for winter work, but awaiting authority to occupy.

September 25 https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88087034/1935-09-25/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1933&index=8&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&lccn=sn88087034&words=CCC&proxdistance=5&state=Washington&rows=20&ortext=CCC+F-62+Growden+&proxtext=&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Nespelem tribune. [volume], September 25, 1935, Page 4, Image 4 345

  • "Republic district" CCC men slated to be shipped back to Ft Dix for discharge.

1936

The Swan Lake Kitchen, built during the 1936 season

The spring of 1936 saw official announcement that Camp Growden, along with four other camps in the district would be indeed be returned to active status after being idled for the winter. The April announcement also noted the incoming CCC company for Growden would be arriving from outside the district.[20]

March 23 https://books.google.com/books?id=INVXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7062,6674041&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT1uPdx4uIAxXwOTQIHZyFHSo4PBDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • The tentative listing of 1936 camps is announced with confirmation that the district would have the same volume of 3,000 CCC men. Growden tentatively listed to be "reestablished" though the list was subject to change of two camps status back to abandonment.

April 21 https://books.google.com/books?id=0hZWAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA12&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6325,5357321&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimwpXcxYuIAxWuBDQIHZudObE4KBDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • The incoming company to arrive of its former location at Camp Entiat, though travels in the region are hampered by widespread flooding from snow melt.

June 13 https://books.google.com/books?id=0tVXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7304,4164872&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmlqfYroSIAxWJJTQIHRcmCXY4KBDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Planning and development of Lake Sherman as a 10 acres (4.0 ha) lake which will add to the use of Growden as a summer and winter recreation area for the National Forest.

October 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=lstXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA53&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4727,359429&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT1uPdx4uIAxXwOTQIHZyFHSo4PBDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Fires in Oregon delay the begging of the Fall ccc shuffle, with eastern bound trains delayed by a week, replacements for Growden first listed as coming from Corps 7 headquartered in Omaha

October 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=m8tXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA41&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=3792,2472167&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiT1uPdx4uIAxXwOTQIHZyFHSo4PBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 135 Growden men transferred east on Oct 6 to be decommissioned or assigned placements in eastern camps, replacements coming from Little Rock, Arkansas sometime between Oct 10-20

October 8 https://books.google.com/books?id=nMtXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7447,2828008&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbnITKw4uIAxWtMjQIHR1aClc4PBDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Fall replacements first announced as a company of Minnesota men

October 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=octXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA43&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4553,5015185&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3oJaMy4uIAxXPNzQIHSACMEA4UBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 12 different states represented in the district with incoming crews

October 30 https://books.google.com/books?id=_1gzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6146,5418092&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwoYKi7fqHAxXDEDQIHb47Mn44ChDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Contingent of Illinois CCC departed Oct 5 150 Arkansas CCC arrive to replace them

1937

1937 year [21]Growden Dam and Sherman Lake removal, stream restoration Dam constructed 1937, 25' x 150' with 16' wide road across top

January 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=e8tXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2163,4989886&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBqvraoo6IAxWdHjQIHWgGG2U4PBDoAXoECAQQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • An additional small group of 10 Arkansas men

March 10 https://books.google.com/books?id=ftVXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA39&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4915,3060551&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD76O_zYuIAxX_FTQIHdD_BTA4MhDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Great Northern special taking 86 Growden men from Meyers Falls to Spokane for the other Arkansas men and then returning to Little Rock. The group includes finished enrollements, unfit workers, and men not wanting another term.

April 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=A9NXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA22&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6927,941339&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwoYKi7fqHAxXDEDQIHb47Mn44ChDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Annual open house held for the 4th CCC anniversary.

June 4 https://books.google.com/books?id=8fxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=1907,1143012&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Fire on Trout Creek 10 m north of Republic controlled by Growden & Republic men

June 5 https://books.google.com/books?id=8vxVAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=3404,1290650&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT-u-j9PqHAxWgMDQIHRJWA2c4FBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Fire contained at 40 acres by Growden & Republic men

July 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=SFopAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4264,4508305&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjEm4azu4SIAxXuGzQIHUsaC3c4MhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Along with 15 new CCC men, the telephone system through the Colville National forest between Kettle Falls and Tonasket connecting the Lookout towers was completed, 600 miles of telephone line

September 9 https://books.google.com/books?id=6R1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA20&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6843,2738451&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD76O_zYuIAxX_FTQIHdD_BTA4MhDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Renewed for the winter season, larger winter camps count then summer, camps moved to winter programing by late October.

October 2 https://books.google.com/books?id=EbwzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4394,569881&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMtLOup46IAxWdODQIHYQGNM04RhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 426 Missouri men to be transferred up from Sacramento, split, initially to be split between Growden and 3 other camps.

October 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=FbwzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6991,2382658&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiD76O_zYuIAxX_FTQIHdD_BTA4MhDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 65 (75?) men from Sacramento arriving at Growden

October 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=uG1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6894,4047529&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBqvraoo6IAxWdHjQIHWgGG2U4PBDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • 65 (75?) men from Sacramento arriving at Growden

October 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=G7wzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=5466,4261352&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgKEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 130 Arkansas CCC men transferred from Cali to Growden

December 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=RSNZAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA11&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2177,1391861&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgGEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Fight and stabbing, Suspect held in Republic Jail, victim taken to Fort Wright Miliary hospital.

December 12 https://books.google.com/books?id=th5WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2922,3792680&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipnaSD-PqHAxVNFDQIHe-sNSE4HhDoAXoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Drennen confesses and gets 10 years.

1938

1938-39 https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/k930bz400 The Fort George Wright District, Civilian Conservation Corps pages64-67; Annual 1938-39 Growden Entry "Little America" 1938 work included repair and completion of the Camp, firefighting of small burns, fire hazard mitigation in the Dollar Mountain burn areas, completion of a fire lookout (unsure which), partial completion of a fire guard station, and road projects from construction and betterment to reconstruction. Maintenance and and installation of telephone lines happened.

January 20 https://books.google.com/books?id=xjggAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=6494,4201246&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLvpvHtY6IAxXBIDQIHZDVA3U4RhDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • A day long series of classes on camp management and 100-300 person mess hall detail held at Camp Seven Mile. 14 District officers including A. M. Steele of Growden

March 24 https://books.google.com/books?id=6chYAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=5255,2538515&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLvpvHtY6IAxXBIDQIHZDVA3U4RhDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • 100 Arkansas men sent home from Growden and its Spike camp at Republic, 20 men staying at Republic, and 30 at Growden

June 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=KoUzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2598,4054731&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSrIDjrY6IAxXBDzQIHXWHIBc4MhDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Most of the Arkansas CCC men transferred to Montana or Idaho districts, while the remaining 100 were sent home. Growden replacements were slated to come from a Sixth Corps Area district

July 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=Wf5VAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA4&dq=%22F-62%22+%22ccc%22&article_id=4598,4519755&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinj8L7ifOHAxVKJDQIHe_rCIsQ6AF6BAgHEAI#v=onepage&q=%22F-62%22%20%22ccc%22&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • enrollees due from east The Company 4602 was scheduled to arrive in at Ft Wright 7-23 from Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, the group was slated to travel onto Camp Growden.

October 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=gtZXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA36&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7100,1192816&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjLvpvHtY6IAxXBIDQIHZDVA3U4RhDoAXoECA4QAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • CCC issue trains Glenview Ill train bringing 10 men for Growden

November 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=ONRXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=%22Camp+Growden%22+ccc&article_id=6524,6474712&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje86TR5OOHAxV5PjQIHe4ZADYQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Camp%20Growden%22%20ccc&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 2 enrollees on leave from camp steal car to have thanksgiving in Spokane, Crash it in Deer Park.

December 8 https://books.google.com/books?id=LR9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2582,2267111&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjSrIDjrY6IAxXBDzQIHXWHIBc4MhDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Growden crew working on improvements at the Sweat Creek Camp ground

In the fall of 1938, special CCC enrollee only passenger train runs out of Spokane for the Fort George Wright District were announced. The number of CCC enrollees heading east after finishing one or more enlistments that year was around 800, with 91 men all heading to the Chicago area from Camp Growden. The men were mostly taken to Camp Dix in New Jersey for discharge or reassignment, while replacement crews were expected to arrive in the Fort Wright between January 10th and 20th, 1939 to refill the camps across the district.[22]

December 15 https://books.google.com/books?id=EbwzAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA19&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4394,569881&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMtLOup46IAxWdODQIHYQGNM04RhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Total Chicago bound Growden men down to 85

1939

April 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=sp8RAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA8&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4258,2073040&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjblMPVuY6IAxV3LDQIHU0gC8c4KBDoAXoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • 4-23 Spring open house an annual event and CCC anniversary celebration looked forward to by locals

April 22 https://books.google.com/books?id=S-FXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7094,5210978&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgQEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • 4-23 Spring open house an annual event and CCC anniversary celebration looked forward to by locals

March 21 https://books.google.com/books?id=iR5WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4095,1920353&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiwoYKi7fqHAxXDEDQIHb47Mn44ChDoAXoECAoQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Harmonica band asked to play events

November 7 https://books.google.com/books?id=VupXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=5569,1631352&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT-u-j9PqHAxWgMDQIHRJWA2c4FBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Firefighting took upwards of 1217 man hours for Growden during summer 1939

October 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=dFkpAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA40&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=4601,1252282&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT-u-j9PqHAxWgMDQIHRJWA2c4FBDoAXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Camp cook charged with grand larceny for attempted theft of kitchen John E. Lattimer

December 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=pG9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2352,3431613&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjcxuG8uo6IAxXoDTQIHUzGAXA4MhDoAXoECAkQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Yakima ccc man from growden killed in Colville while crossing street to see movie

1940

February 14 https://books.google.com/books?id=Fx9WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=2887,4279347&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgFEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false The Spokesman-Review

  • Exhibition boxing matches with Colville.

February 29 https://books.google.com/books?id=E9ZXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA25&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=5574,6241721&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgNEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Boxing semifinals

May 16 https://books.google.com/books?id=sOFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA30&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7234,3735045&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipnaSD-PqHAxVNFDQIHe-sNSE4HhDoAXoECAsQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Another 45,000 ponderosa planted by may 16

April 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=2flXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA58&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7434,3002237&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjS66q3u46IAxVQGDQIHV4HCDI4KBDoAXoECAYQAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Spokane Daily Chronicle

  • Annual open house 4-8 this year with review for guests of CCC Growden projects

1941

1941 April 12, 1941 Spokane Daily Chronicle https://books.google.com/books?id=MPFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7301,2878209&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmlqfYroSIAxWJJTQIHRcmCXY4KBDoAXoECA0QAg#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=false Several of the CC men at Growden called up for Army duty

1941 https://books.google.com/books/about/Institutional_History_as_an_Element_of_C.html?id=WHd10AEACAAJ "Camp Growden Closes in the Spring of 1941 with personnel and equipment being transferred to Camp Leese/Camp Lost Lake near Tonasket, Washington." 12 miles east of Sherman Pass at milepost 331 Bibliographic information Title Institutional History as an Element of Community History: Civilian Conservation Corps in the Okanogan Country Author Allen G. Gibbs Contributor Okanogan National Forest (Agency : U.S.) Publisher USDA-Forest Service, Okanogan National Forest, 1983 Length 28 pages

1941 https://books.google.com/books?id=NvFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=Growden+CCC&article_id=7270,4458815&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx2omg5_qHAxXMHjQIHQSnCWQQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=Growden%20CCC&f=falseSpokane Daily Chronicle Apr 19, 1941 Growden hosted an 8 year CCC Anniversary openhouse tour, refreshments, and celebration

1941 https://books.google.com/books?id=LPFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=%22Camp+Growden%22+ccc&article_id=4847,1716834&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje86TR5OOHAxV5PjQIHe4ZADYQ6AF6BAgJEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Camp%20Growden%22%20ccc&f=false Apr 8, 1941 proposed planting of 80,000 ponderosa on the Dollar Mountain burn to have been done by Growden.

Clearing of Sherman Creek bottoms for ponderosa planting continues, 58 new arrivals from Camp Naches fills Growden Compliment[23]

"Step into these shoes" memorial

In late October word reached the Spokane area from Army Command that Camp Growden was being officially closed as a of increasing demand from emergency defense needs.[24]

Post CCC 1940's and 1950's

After the CCC's end, the site was transitioned into the Growden Guard Station, part of the wildfire lookout tower and fire stations network for the Colville National Forest. The guard station housed firefighters during the summer fire season. [25] Additionally the grounds were converted back into a national forest campground.[26]

Growden Heritage Site

The site of Camp Growden is preserved as a free access[27] Colville National Forest site of interest along the Sherman Pass Scenic Byway[28] which was put in in the 1950's. Named the "Growden Heritage Site", the interpretive area is open from Memorial Day weekend through the end of October. The interpretive area has picnic tables, toilets, parking, plus day hiking.[29] A 0.2 mi (320 m) paved trail with interpretive signage documents the history of camp Growden, Growden Dam, and Lake Sherman.[27]

Nearly all of the camp buildings were torn down sometime after the camp was transitioned to National Forest management. By the 1950s [10] General growden coverage and highlight on rehabilitation of lake Sherman Changing rooms building.

Lake Sherman and Growden Dam removal

The nearly fully infilled Lake Sherman, 2006

In the early 1970's the earthen Groden Dam had been identified as problematic, harboring a high possibility of overtopping and washing away. Flow from the lake was metered by an outflow structure made of concrete and steel caging. The top was open with a cage cover, and the spillway was "L"-shape with a 16 ft (4.9 m) drop to the tunnel through the dam. During heavy flooding in 1998, the outlet cage became encrusted with branches and other flood debris, raising the level of Lake Growden to within 6 in (15 cm) of the dam top. A forest Service crew cleared the cage structure in time to avert a dam breach.[21]

Compounding the flow problem was the notedly rapid infilling of Sherman Lake itself with silt from the improvement and realignment of Washington State Route 20 crossing Sherman pass in 1952-1954. In many places the road was placed across the stream or into the stream bed itself. Sherman Creek was straighten and realigned along the side of the new road bed leading to intense bank erosion through around 1961 when extensive erosional control measures were taken upstream of the Growden area.[21] The rapid silting in of Sherman lake reduced it to a small pond area right at the dam itself and a meandering stream with depauperate wetlands behind. Loss of deep water behind the dam and having a top draining outflow are both noted as potential sources for stream warming below the dam, which combined with warm water inflowing at the confluence of Sherman Creek and South Sherman Creek. Healthy fish stream conditions include average stream temperatures staying below 16 °C (61 °F). While Sherman Creek was on average 15.5 °C (59.9 °F) above the lake, it was 18 °C (64 °F) just below and when South Sherman Creek joins the temperature reaches averages of 20 °C (68 °F).[21]

https://www.proquest.com/docview/472704721/6749C6E612204D0FPQ/18?accountid=196403&sourcetype=Wire%20Feeds (proquest txt) COLVILLE NATIONAL FOREST, AIR FORCE PHASE TWO OF GROWDEN DAM PROJECT, PUBLIC SAFETY, PLANS FOR NEW SITE US Fed News Service, Including US State News; Washington, D.C.. 16 July 2010.

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  1. ^ Counts, Kay (June 2, 2014). Stevens County. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. pp. 63, 66. ISBN 9781439645543.
  2. ^ a b Schultz, E. L. (1996). North Sherman and Fritz Timber Sales, Environmental Impact Statement draft summary April 1996 (Report). Kettle Falls Ranger District, Colville National Forest.
  3. ^ "Million dollar road to pass scenes of beauty". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Vol. 46, no. 57. November 25, 1931. p. 13. Retrieved August 24, 2024.
  4. ^ Gearhardt, E. R. "The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Inland Northwest". Spokane Historical. Eastern Washington University. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
  6. ^ a b c Kurtz, M.V. (1941). "History of Colville National Forest History of the Colville National Forest Part II Page II-22 History of Fires on the Colville continued". Colville National Forest. p. Washington Rural Heritage. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Select winter Camps for CCC". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Vol. 48, no. 262. July 23, 1934. p. 3. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  8. ^ a b Wirth, Conrad L. (January 1944). Civilian Conservation Corps Program of the United States Department of the Interior, March 1933 to June 30, 1942; a Report to Harold L. Ickes (Report).{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  9. ^ United States Forest Service (1978). Colville National Forest (N.F.), Kettle Range Unit Plan: Environmental Impact Statement (Report). p. 5.
  10. ^ a b c Kramer, Becky (July 30, 2011). "Log structure moved, renovated to preserve CCC project's history". Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  11. ^ "Call 4000 more tree troopers; CCC advance guard includes 18 companies". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 51, no. 331. April 10, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  12. ^ "Move 1229 more tree troopers". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 51, no. 348. April 27, 1934. p. 6. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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  14. ^ "Eight thousand tree troops will move next week". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Vol. 49, no. 8. September 29, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  15. ^ "CCC camp built in Colville forest". The Nespelem Tribune. Vol. 1, no. 20. October 31, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
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  17. ^ a b "CCC crews build roads in Colville forest". The Nespelem Tribune. Vol. 1, no. 24. November 28, 1934. p. 3. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  18. ^ Moran, B. (1941). "History of wildlife of the CCC". In Colville National Forest Staff (ed.). History of Colville National Forest. Unpublished. p. II-38. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  19. ^ "Colville forest C.C.C. camp news". The Nespelem Tribune. Vol. 1, no. 27. December 19, 1934. p. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
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  21. ^ a b c d Brazell, R. (2006), Growden Dam, Sherman Creek Restoration Project, and Forest Plan Amendment #28 Final Environmental Impact Statement (PDF), Colville, Washishington: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
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  24. ^ "Saved daughter in burning home". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Vol. 56, no. 35. October 31, 1941. p. 3. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
  25. ^ "Forest guards start training". The Spokesman-Review. Vol. 72, no. 43. ‎June 26, 1954. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2024. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
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