extractions from
A Guide to CCC Camps in Wisconsin, 1937
Sparta District Annual 1937, Civilian Conservation Corps, Sixth Corps Area.



V-1676th Company
Grandview, Wisconsin
F-36

Company V-1676, CCC, was organized at Camp Custer, Michigan, and consisted entirely of Wisconsin World War veterans. The majority of the original company was enrolled July 1, 1933, at Camp Custer. The men were outfitted and conditioned at this camp from July 1 to July 16, inclusive. Company strength at this time was made up of three officers, one Regular Army sergeant and 186 veteran selectees. Original company was commanded by Capt. George G. Mills.

The company entrained for work campe, Camp Darlington, Wisconsin, July 16, 1933, and arrived the following day. The field work at this camp was under the supervision of the Flood Control Administration. Seventy-five structures were completed here and a considerable amount of stream improvement was accomplished. A record was made here by the veterans in masonry construction, namely, the laying of the greatest amount of masonry, in yardage, of any CCC Camp in Wisconsin even though their work had started at a later date.

On December 16, 1933, Company V-1676 entrained for a winter quarters, Camp Delta, F-3, at McClure, Illinois, and arrived the following day. Up to this time, twenty-nine men had been discharged from the company and twenty-eight of them had left camp to accept private employment. The work at this camp consisted of the building of lookout towers, relocation surveys and road construction. The men of the company were commended here by their Camp Superintendent, G. B. Valentine, for their willingness to do their best to get things accomplished.

On May 5, 1934, the comapny entrained for Camp Twin Lakes, F-6, at Iron River, Wisconsin. This was a permanent summer camp. Here the company was engaged mainly in the planting of trees. For their interst and good work in this field, the veterans were awarded a certificate of honor by the American Tree Association.

The company was again moved on October 18, 1934, and this time to Camp Cable, F-43, located at Cable, Wisconsin. November 1, 1934, Capt. George G. Mills, Company Commander, was relieved of duty with this company and Capt. Jens P. Jensen was given charge. Another change was made April 18, 1935, and Capt. A. R. Carver was given command. The latter has remained with the company to the present time.

Camp Cable was a newly constructed camp and the men were busy for a time pulling out stumps and improving the place in general. Two ornamental stone pillars were constructed at the entrance of the camp. Imbedded in the stone and mortar of one of these pillars is a sealed bottle containing the company roster of that date. Forestry work at this camp consisted of road construction, fire hazard reduction, surveying, and tree planting.

On May 21, 1936, the company was moved to Camp Taylor Lake, F-36, Grandivew, Wisconsin, to replace a junior company at that location. Forestry work here has been much the same as that at the previous camp. During the summer of 1936, the veterans established themselves as very efficient fire fighters and were commended for the same by District Forerst Ranger George C. Sawyer, of Drummond, Wiconsin. From July 14, 1936 to November 23, 1936, the men of the company had put in 684 man-days of forest fire fighting. During the height of the fire season, a plane was used to patrol the burning areas. Joseph S. Coe of the camp Forestry Service acted as observer. One of the largest of the fires worked on by the company was known as the Moquah Fire, buring 22,000 acres of National Forest before being extinguished.

September 6, 1936, the company took part in the Farm and Forestry Day at the Bayfield County Festival held at Washburn, Wisconsin. The company entered a float in the parade featuring, in miniature, administrative improvements such as roads, warehouses, telephone lines, fire towers and similar structures. These miniatures were built according to scale by the membeers of the company, under the supervision of the Camp Superintendent, S. C. Jeffery. The company also marched in the parade and was headed by color guards and color bearers under the command of Capt. A. R. Carver, Inf-Res. Both entries were acclaimed by the judges and spectators and first prize awarded each entry.

In November, 1936, Company V-1676 won the third Inspection Area Recreation Tournament with seven teams competing. A beautiful trophy was awarded the victors.

The present company staff is as follows:

ARMY: Capt. A. R. Carver, Company Commander; Lieut. W. Damerow, Junior Officer; Dr. G. Wood, Camp Surgeon; L. A. Nowotny, Educational Adviser.

FORESTRY: A. M. Anderson, Camp Superintendent; A. F. Mehlin, Technician; A. R. Willey, Construction and Maintenance Foreman; T. A. Sutherland, Construction and Maintenance Foreman; T. W. Hansen, Construction and Maintenance Foreman; J. S. Coe, Construction and Maintenance Foreman.