As Rugged as the Terrain: CCC Boys, Federal Convicts, and World War II Alien Internees Wrestle with a Mountain Wilderness explores some intriguing history of Idahos wild and scenic Lochsa River. In 1893 this site, at turbulent Canyon Creek, was a footnote in the saga of the ill-fated Carlin hunting party. Next, in 1933, it held nearly 200 tent-dwelling Civilian Conservation Corps recruits, most from New York State. The antics of these city slickers provide colorful insights into CCC camps housing young men far from home.

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"City slickers" meet "the forest primeval": the Civilian Conservation Corps at Canyon Creek Politics of the road: federal prisoners arrive to build a "first priority military highway" No job for "pantywaists": convicts begin work on the Lewis-Clark Highway Escapades and escapes: frivolity and fleeting freedom "A regular rough-neck": Japanese internees at the Kooskia Interment Camp, 1943-1945 Seizing a Buddhist minister: how New York's Reverend Hozen Seki became a Kooskia internee Doctors and dentists: medical and dental care for the Kooskia Interment Camp Italians and Germans: other internees in the vicinity The camps at Canyon Creek: aftermath Federal prison camp employees and interment camp employees Known inmates at Federal Prison Camp No. 11 Interview with escapee William Lake Interview with escapee Willard H. Swift