CPS Camp Number 005

Technical Agency: Soil Conservation Service<

Summary:

CPS Camp No. 5, a Soil Conservation Service base camp was located in a former Civilian Conservation Camp three miles northeast of Colorado Springs. The Mennonite Central Committee operated the camp, which opened in June 1941 and closed in May 1946. The men worked on soil conservation irrigation projects.

CPS Camp No. 5, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Nine men lining irrigation ditches with stone and cement.

Digital image, Photo #4. Box 1, Folder 9. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive

CPS Camp # 5, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Sunday afternoon in a dormitory

Photo # 793. Box 1, Folder 9. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive

CPS Camp # 5, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Diversion Ditches

Photo # 240. Box 1, Folder 9. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-123-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive.

CPS Camp # 5, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Checking rainfall and run off on watersheds near Colorado Springs.

Photo # 244. Box 1, Folder 9. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive.

CPS Camp No. 5

Colorado Springs, Colorado, Camp 5.

Photo #245. Box 1, Folder 9. MCC Photographs, Civilian Public Service, 1941-1947. IX-13-2.2. Mennonite Central Committee Photo Archive

Construction of water tanks for water conservation

Construction of water tanks for water conservation

Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo

Basketball: CPS Camp # 5, Colorado Springs, CO

Basketball: CPS Camp #5 Colorado Springs, CO

Mennonite Central Committee Archival Photo

Units:

Unit 1

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado | Opened: June 1941 | Closed: May 1946