A Brief History of the 788th Company [CCC]

A Brief History of the 788th Company [CCC] (HMXVR)

Location: Farlington, KS 66734 Crawford County
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N 37° 38.64', W 94° 48.89'

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Who were these men who built Crawford State Lake?

History
Company 788, CCC, was formed at Camp Whiteside, Fort Riley, Kansas, May 19, 1933. The company was made up of Kansas boys, the largest percentage coming from the eastern part of the state.

After conditioning at Fort Riley, the company was transferred to Park Rapids, Minnesota; the project was officially known as S-70 and located twenty-seven miles northwest of Park Rapids at Camp Ruteledge.

Due to the many calls for fire fighting the company derived its nickname of "Fire Devil" which has remained with them throughout life, its service. The camp paper retains the name of "Fire Devil" although the construction of dams is far removed from the original type of work engaged in.

On April 9, 1934, the company was transferred to Camp Kinney, fourteen miles northwest of Kalvesta, Kinney County, Kansas.

At this camp the company replaced Company 753, a Nebraska Company, and continued the construction of an earth fill dam at that camp.

Upon completion of the project at Camp Kinney, the company was transferred to Farlington, Kansas. They arrived at their new location on June 6, 1935. The camp is located three miles northeast of Farlington, in Crawford County, Kansas, and is officially known as SCS 10-L.

The project at Farlington is the construction of an earth fill dam, approximately thirteen hundred and fifty feet long, sixty-five feet high, requiring a fill of two hundred and eighty-four thousand cubic yards of material.

The park is to be under the Kansas Fish and Game Commission, and covers an irregular area of approximately four hundred and sixty-four acres, of which one hundred and sixty-five acres will be covered by water when the water is at spillway elevation.

The construction of the park not only entails the construction of an earth fill dam, but also covers the construction of roads within the park area, a spillway, two hundred and eighty feet wide, and clearing of the lake site of timber.

Upon the completion of the project at Farlington, the state should have a recreational park that should be one that would attract great interest throughout the southeastern part of the state; due to the location and natural beauty of the park area.

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1. The Shop Crew
2. Chow Time
3. Fort Leavenworth Boxers
4. Cooks and K.P.s
5. Fort Leavenworth Boxers
6. The Overhead
7. The Camp Glee Club
8. Two Mutts and a Jeff
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Year Placed2005
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Date Added Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 12:07am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 339888 N 4167866
Decimal Degrees37.64400000, -94.81483333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 38.64', W 94° 48.89'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 38' 38.40" N, 94° 48' 53.40" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 22 W Lake Rd, Farlington KS 66734, US
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