Rock Creek CCC’s Memorial - Orevada, Nevada
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N 41° 32.564 W 117° 47.212
11T E 434368 N 4599307
Memorial to five CCC firefighters who died in 1939.
Waymark Code: WMTCAN
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2016
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Memorial along U.S. Hwy. 95 at rest area a half mile south of Orovada, Nevada. The memorial is for five CCC crew members who were killed during the Rock Creek Fire on July 28, 1939.
Text of Plaque:
FRANK W. BARKER, GEORGE J. KENNEDY, WALTER JAMES, EARNEST R. TIPPIN, FRANK J. VITALE
MEMBERS OF THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS COMPANY 1212 PARADISE CAMP F-5. WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF NEVADS’S NATURAL RESOURCES WHILE FIGHTING FIRE ABOUT THREE MILES EAST OF THIS POINT ON JULY 29, 1939.
THIS MARKER DONATED AND ERECTED BY THE ENROLLEES, THEIR OFFICERS AND FOREMEN OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE C.C.C. CAMPS OF REGION NO. 4.
Memorial Website: [Web Link]
Physical address:
Hwy. 95, half mile south of Orevada
Orevada, Nevada USA
89425
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