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Show ,- HI STORY OF COivIPANY 19 68 C. C. C. Company 1968 C. C. C. w~ s formed on July 27, 1934 and moved into the site of Cac:i p DBR-5 , Eeber , Utah at t he h eadwa·~e rs of .Curr s.nt Cree!t , vd t11 a cad. r e of men from Company 960 , Soapstone Camp F-6 , Kamas , Utah . Officers assi gned we re : John 3 . Cannon , Ca:tain Cqvalry- Reserve , 1st Lieut . Charles K. Soesbe, CA-Reserve and 2rrl Li e ut . v~r . D. Bol lada y , ~A- Reserve . ~octor Alton E . Saxer joined the Comr,an~r as Contr ~ct .3nrgeon on July 31 . On l\:ay 20 , 1935 1 s t Li e ut . Alma H. Bang ~rter CA-Reserve joine d this Co ~pa~y at the Bridg2land. Ca;rr.1;) chld f unc t i one d as Less C:'.':fice r and Exchange Officer , The o ::ibi. nal ca mp-site, t he sheep cor:r·al cle a r ing , was ab0~1ed in -~·avo r of a gra 'JSV :;l3ar i ng a few :1und.red y .3, rd.s away . '.-.~ork w2, a stn.rted a t on ce in" tl:e c on s truction of tent floor.ii3, setting U1J tents , u utti ng in -,1c•, -ser lL~a s, build ing of a ~l'Ies s ria ll, etc . Rj1d On the 6th , 7th ;,n ci.. 8 th of Aug us t, the n ewly authorized quo t g, o r d.ro u g~_-it 3Lrollees arr ·i v ed , mostly f rom 3c=~lt Lal:e County , S torms ~. t the time of arri . ,r al -Jrevent ed the l a r -~e schJo l 0usses in which tbe men ~ore b eing trans~orted from comini a ll the ~ay to ca.~p . Th e ~oys c~me in afoot ge~arally, wet, col d and tired . The h ealth o f tho cq =p 7~ S g ood , ho ~e v e r , and ths s p i~it of the boys an~ g a~a ral morale w~ s co mm01~able . 1 1. ~vlembers of this Com-(Y:my ·:d ll long remem :Jer such e ven ts as th& m-1.l-:e -shift cold vntGr sho - :: r s e..t -:.=,hG cr-2 e l: ·:n nk , the mess hr1ll when it wo. s f in".1, .l.:2.y finished _, s0 ~1oral of -~h3 b oys being lo st ov Gr ni ght , ~he sheep th ~t se e ~cd to ~lw~ys be n e~ r us ; the m~ny fine p ro gr~ms th~t Dr . Curtis brous h t from 2iyaon ~nd vicinity: ~nd the ti1ree h2~rty me'l.ls served e1,ch dqy ·:rhich C<:J,used 1, (~ 'l,in o:': 12 to 1 1+ oo u r1d s i n most c·1s0s . Th e work :Jro j 2 ct ·.1,"t Cu r r:t~1t Creek ..:..., s tho co n3truc t ion of C"',n'l_,l -:..,t ,:i,bou t the 9000 f'oot ·-2l GV"--tion to d i v a rt t:12 :10 1,d 1.~r:.tors -:r• -~ 'J.aC)h r:o ,-) ;".. , ....::J ,..,"' so ~l.J-·-,_ 1t ·t-. ·--,-_v, .,,r .- , .J..-_, r a,i·v V. ., r+ ·, d . .._,. V !'"" 0 -f /"1.urY,~ "' t tv'lr.--:.c.> ...'\.. u •'• .L r, _ ..... '• v 0 ,... l; would f 1 ow into \ 112 :3tr'1 .':b .'.~:rry ~ 3 sc rv,:) i r. ~," rom th2 rG tho rv1. t o rs p..-,_s s t hrough ~.-- tunno l . int o U'~' •t. County : s.=: rvj_~·:g th2 1.c1,;ri cul tur1.l ,-,,ro~, s o uth o "·' ?r-J vo ·, Ut 'lh . ;~c.:·-:,rly h '1lf of tho •.rnrk on th2 five '1Ild '1 lr:,lf mile e:i..n n.l w·rn co~.:D let ,.'! d ln 193-4 . A sp"il~c c'l.rnp c:.1 rr-i ed tho work for 1·r1vrd QUring the S4rr.m? r of 1935 _ '. ri th .lGt Lt. Ch:.rl2s K. S0 2 sbe L 1 Co:mn1.nd . '1 .•• ..... 1 I ·~ 1 .L ..L "' u .i.. .L V ... l.J ·-' \..J 1 3 .J on 't -·t ...: r L L: c~:rT•,:.i::t Cr ,rn::: c ·'.mp ~.r.s -Jst...,blish::d . -,_, c...,,dre o: 20 Tik=i~. .L :ft f ·'.)Y' 3r°L it_:, ,.d "v.t l(j_ J ·J t .1.h L Jr th0 ,.Jst1.blish .ne; 1.nd constr--.:Gtin f, ) ~· tl>? ~3 r .i d t-.: el. 't nd : :-:,i.0.p JBR-11 . .-: 2hi s c,.,_ :np si t2 is . -,_,1ong T-Ti ' ,-l - '. .. ., -y 7T ;__J-r,o r , ·,- u 1· ~" ~. , r 0 -C' t·nv') -•· 1· n+v 1,r _ 7 ·-: . ua i· J v~ 0. t, ___ t, 7,-, : 11') y ,+ . ') ' ",~ u t Gr1---;... C ..,·, rn -'--' no r th o ~. . ~,h,: ~;t-3.Jl 1'r l_ L.1:, 2 t h'•t S"'J . , ns tho Du ch0sn0 Ri vo r, 1 0 mi.lGs J: 1.s t of .Juc ~1esn,:; , UtJ.h . ":'h3 ....:onst,ruction of th0 c:.mp w1. s superv i sed by Li2ut . Ch~s . ~ - So J sbe . • _ I J. • • , .1 .,1,-~ J. "·'--' ,. 1 -· lJ . _ , . '-· J. .J. _ -- Y'.._ J. • 0 , , |
