I've collected the photos taken at the Springfield CCC Camp, which was located about a mile northeast of Danilson Falls in 1935. They are public domain photos from the National Archive, so feel free to re-use them.
Above, a "blast protection structure".
Below, the view of Springfield-Taber Road from what is now Highway 39, original road on right, new CCC road to the left:
A view of the Big Southern Butte:
Blasting:
The buildings at the Camp:
A reservoir on the desert being built for cattle and sheep men to water their herds/flocks:
A half-mile long cave the men discovered:
A rabbit drive the CCC conducted:
The rush to work, probably looking for the best seat on the truck:
A snow fence, one of many miles constructed:
The water tower at the camp and roll call:
Living quarters in the background:
Shelman brothers digging wells for the CCC:
The mess hall, put up and taken down in a matter of months:
Poisoning rabbits:
The Truck Fleet:
Snow fence, car for scale:
Heading for Salt Lake to get salt:
Trough constructed for cattlemen to use:
Well #1 (is it still intact?)
For about three years following Springfield's camp, a CCC camp was kept near Midway (now Atomic City), its primary work being road maintenance and rabbit control.
Ralph Thurston is the author of The Shanghi Plain: Bingham County's Early History, an account of the century long extension of a frontier from the Snake River Plain's edges into its core. Purchase it locally at either Kesler's Market or The Idaho Potato Museum, or online at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCCS7XLR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
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