CPS Camp Number 033

CPS Camp Number 033

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 33, a Soil Conservation Service base camp located northwest of Fort Collins, Colorado and operated by Mennonite Central Committee, opened in June 1942 and closed in October 1946. Some men worked on the Greeley Dam, others constructed irrigation ditches and performed other erosion control activities.

CPS Camp No. 33, Fort Collins, Colorado
CPS Camp No. 33, Fort Collins, Colorado
Buckingham side camp.
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1943
CPS Camp No. 33
CPS Camp No. 33 Fort Collins, Colorado
Civilian Public Service camp 33, Fort Collins, Colorado. Some of the crested wheat grass was cut by binder last summer, then stacked and threshed.
Box 1, Folder 20. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 33
CPS Camp No. 33 Fort Collins, Colorado
Civilian Public Service camp 33, Fort Collins, Colorado. Ed Toews, Henry M.E., Herman Buller.
Box 1, Folder 20. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 33
CPS Camp No. 33 Fort Collins, Colorado
Civilian Public Service camp 33, Fort Collins, Colorado. Men who work at the dam building project.
Box 1, Folder 20. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive
CPS Camp No. 33, Fort Collins, Colorado
CPS Camp No. 33, Fort Collins, Colorado
Civilian Public Service camp #33, Fort Collins, Colorado.
Digital image at Mennonite Church USA Archives, North Newton, Kansas
Date: ca. 1943

Units:

* Map shows general location of units

  • Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | Opened: June 1942 | Closed: October 1946