The tower on Mount Constitution

ID: 365 ~ Source: From Washington Rural Heritage. “Construction completed on Mt. Constitution tower,” available at https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/orcas/id/2808/rec/67.

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This photo was taken right after the stone tower on Mount Constitution was completed. If you look closely, some construction tools are still leaning against the front wall.

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The CCC on Orcas Island – The national service crew working on Orcas Island today looks a little different than the crew that helped develop Moran State Park.

By Rachel Baker

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a work relief program established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 5th, 1933. The New Deal program operated until 1942 and provided a source of work and income for hundreds of thousands of young,…