Nine Years of Achievement, Dissertation by Kenneth W. Baldridge

Page 165, The CCC At Work

165 enrollees usually lived at hone and vorked with the CCC onpart-tine basis or traveled about with their fanilies vorking on projects on thetr own reservations In spite of the use of irrciular procedures of cnrollucnt the Tndian enrolloes received the same compensation Inascueh as most of the reservations were located in extrescly arid reglons it was felt that most of the projects vould be concerned with soil erosion from both wind and water Jay Nash dircctor of the Tndian progras announced that additional projects vould include catchdans for the watering of livestock construction of sccondary roads and fire trails and the stringing of telephone lines Tefbal councile vere able to participate in the selection of the projects and the adninistration of the progras It vas arbicrarily decided that an entire rescrvation witkin cne state should be consideredcanp Oklahona had twelve such during the first enrollaont perfod Arizons had nine and New Mexico and Hontana had seven Utah one of eighteen states vith casps had two located on the intah and Quray reservation in the castern pe of the state The Shiveies Indians near St George fn southern Utah 3gepore of peecvora 32 3330pore of o1 cctor 1033 pp o fnLifer July 1933 Tios August 27 1933 the Dircetor 1933 pp 21-22 papay bevs way 20 1933 anps eventually corolledtotal of 746 Indfans At ene Give ia 1930 approximcely onc-fourth of UtahIndtan population ws rolled in the Corps Sumary Haceh 13 1939 In 1937 hove compened prizuily of Indians was noved camp in southern Utah Interviow with Rayoond Cassell Ozden Vtah July 26 1564 about one month acter the Indians joinod his coupany Digital image 2003 Utah State Historical Society All Rights Reserved