Camp Saltwater Company 935 CCC In 1933 America was in the grip of the Great Depression with more than twenty-five percent of the population unemployed. Many were hungry and homeless. Out of this economic chaos emerged the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Its purpose was to provide young single men employment and vocation training through conservation and development of our natural resources. The enrollees lived in quasi-military camps. Each enrollee received medical care, c

Ruth E. Peeler Ruth E. Peeler Cornelius Amory Pugsley State Medal Award, 1955 Ruth E Peeler (1896-1986) citation for the state/regional level Pugsley Medal in 1955 noted that "following World War II Mrs. Peeler started a one-woman crusade for more and better state parks in Washington. She was born in Florence, Kansas. She moved with her family to Spokane in 1908, and in 1931 settled in the Zenith/Des Moines area of Washington." She graduated from the University of Washingto