CPS Camp Number 021

CPS Camp Number 021

Technical Agency: Forest Service

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 21, a Forest Service base camp located in Cascade Locks, Oregon and operated by the Brethren Service Committee, opened in November 1941 and closed in July 1946. The men fought fires, conducted preventive and fire suppression work, and performed camp maintenance and construction.

CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - buildings.
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Camp - as seen from N. corner of office building; James Washburn, Marion Ross and Frank Neufeld; dorm 4 and kitchen shown in background.
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CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - field work.
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Pick and shovel work on Aldrich Butte road; Columbia River in background.
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CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - group photo.
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Group photo.
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Date: April 12, 1943
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Larch Mtn. Camp
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Larch Mtn. Camp - as seen from road in front of camp looking toward flag pole and shrubs as center.
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CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - library 1.
Camp library
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Interior of the original "Mark Schrock Library" - later destroyed by fire.
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CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - library 2.
Second library
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. [Presumably, the interior of the second library.]
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CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon - library fire.
Library fire
CPS Camp No. 21, Cascade Locks Oregon. Library fire - showing roof well-burned, and fire in main portion of building, looking into building from SE end with music room & Columbian office in front-shot taken from between Infirmary and Chapel; January 26, 1943.
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Date: January 26, 1943
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21
David R. Vice and Philip Marzolf at Camp 21.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1945
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21
Left to right: Lew Ayres, Dr. Stone, William McReynolds in the infirmary.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collection, Henry and Mary Blocher Collection
Date: 1942
CPS Camp No. 21
CPS Camp No. 21
Splitting wood for the roof of one of the buildings at Camp 21. Hugh Merrick (later Brian Forsyth) is on far left and Henry Dasenbrock is second from left.
Lewis and Clark Digital Collection, Special Collections, Julian Schrock Image Collection
Date: ca. 1942

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  • Location: Cascade Locks, Oregon | Opened: November 1941 | Closed: July 1946