Northern Wilds: Gooseberry Statue Honors CCC Workers

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Gooseberry Statue Honors CCC Workers

The scenic beauty was already in place, but it was the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s and early 1940s who built the roads and bridges that gave the public access to the natural resources and recreational opportunities in Minnesota state parks and elsewhere. A tribute to their handiwork and the structures of wood and stone they built is in place at Gooseberry Falls State Park.

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