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Photo of rusted cans, Camp Gap Ranch, July 20, 2016, by Greg Shine, BLM.
Camp Gap Ranch, preserved and protected today by the Bureau of Land Management, was one of the original camps established in the 1930s to support President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was created in 1933 as a federal public works program to provide employment for out-of-work young men, particularly from the cities in the eastern United States. The Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Gap Ranch was developed in 1934.
At first a tent camp, Camp Gap Ranch was soon transformed into a more permanent facility with wood-framed barracks, kitchen and mess hall, officers’ quarters, shops, and other support buildings.
The camp was staffed by up to 200 enrollees, supervisors, and officers and operated from 1934 to 1942. The men of Camp Gap Ranch worked for the U.S. Grazing Service and built range improvements such as fences and reservoirs, drilled wells, built roads and cut vast quantities of juniper posts for fencing projects.
Most of the buildings at Camp Gap Ranch were pre-fabricated and bolted together. When World War II began in 1941, all of the wooden buildings were dismantled and moved elsewhere to support the war effort. All that remained at the camp were a few rock buildings, water tower, pump house and windmill tower, rubble rock walls, rock-lined paths, and a seemingly random assortment of concrete foundations.
After being abandoned in 1942, the remaining buildings were left to deteriorate. By the 1970s, the Bureau of Land Management began to formally recognize the historic value of the site and re-roofed the remaining camp buildings.
During the 1980s, brush was cut down and burned in order to protect the camp from wild fire. In the late 1990s, the pump house and windmill tower was reconstructed, the southern stone building was restored, and the cold house was stabilized.
Hiking, exploring and discovering the historic structures scattered across Camp Gap Ranch are popular activities. Please take care to leave the site as you found it and do not disturb buildings or rock features to remove artifacts.
Be on the lookout for ticks and rattlesnakes which are present during spring and summer. Shade is limited and temperatures at Camp Gap Ranch can reach 100 degrees in July and August. With no potable water, restroom facilities, cell phone service, or designated camping areas, travelers should bring their own conveniences.
Directions to the Site
From Burns, take Highway 20 west for approximately 40 miles to milepost 91 and turn left onto the Camp Gap Ranch entrance road.
To learn more about the site and plan a visit, contact the BLM Burns District office through one of the options below:
BLM Burns District
28910 Hwy 20 West
Hines, OR 97738
Telephone: 541-573-4400
Fax: 541-573-4411
E-mail: BLM_OR_BU_Mail@blm.gov
RAP Camp 2014! The 2014 RAP Camp 2014 "rapped" with 71 students and 30 staff at Camp Esther Applegate on Lake of the Woods. Over the course of six days students participated in field trips and outdoor activities that exposed them to natural resource disciplines such as forestry, fisheries, wildlife, range, riparian, geology, recreation, fire and cultural resources! Way to go CAMPERS!
To find out more about this exceptionally exceptional youth program head on over to:
Our view from camp at Lone Pine Lake. By this point all the day hikers had cleared out and we had the scenic place to ourselves.
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Sachsenhausen concentration camp, located around 22 miles (35 km) north of Berlin, was opened by the Nazi government in 1936 and was used to hold various types of people deemed undesireable, from political prisoners to jews, homosexuals, prisoners of war, as well as actual criminals. It illustrates the perverse mindset of Nazis that a rapist or murderer would in fact be placed at the top of the hierarchy within the camp, with communists, homosexuals and jews below, in that order. Though designed as an extermination camp, large numbers of executions took place here and gas chambers were later installed. Atrocious treatment and abuse of prisoners was common, and upon the capture of the camp by the Soviet Army in 1945, 30,000 lives would have been claimed, mostly Soviet prisoners of war. In the nine years of Nazi administration, 200,000 people passed through the camp. Sadly, the horrors did not end with the fall of the Nazis...
Upon its capture by the Soviet Army in 1945, the camp was re-established as NKVD special camp Number 7, and held Nazi figures as well as officers of the German army and political prisoners. 60,000 people would be imprisoned between 1945 and 1950, when the camp finally closed. Of those, 12,000 would perish due to disease and starvation, showing that astoundingly, the Soviets ran the camp with even less care than the Nazi goverment had in the years before.
June 10, 2011 - Long exposure of our campsite at The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN.
Photo: Joe Gall
joegallphotography.com
Slam Fest VI, an annual showcase at Camp Zama done in cooperation with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, was held at Yano Fitness Center yesterday. This year’s event featured more than 30 wrestlers including Karl “The Machine Fun” Anderson, Lance Archer and Tiger Mask. The event was held in conjunction with Camp Zama Music Festival. Approximately 3,000 people came to see exciting professional wrestling matches.
About the United States Army Garrison Japan:
The United States Army Garrison Japan and its 16 supported installation sites are located in the island of Honshu and Okinawa in Japan. The USAG Japan mission is to support the Headquarters, U.S. Army Japan / I Corps (fwd) to ensure mission readiness and the quality of life of the Army community in a sustainable, transforming joint and combined environment.
The USAG-J area of responsibility spans 1,500 miles from north to south of Japan. Camp Zama, home for both HQ USARJ and USAG-J is located approximately 25 miles southwest of Tokyo in the cities of Zama and Sagamihara in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The Camp Zama base cluster includes Sagamihara Housing Area and Sagami General Depot.
Akasaka Press Center is located in the center of Tokyo. The Akizuki/Kure area near Hiroshima is an ammunition depot. Yokohama North Dock is a port facility in the city of Yokohama, a major commerce port and a popular shopping area. USAG Torii Station is located 980 miles southwest of Camp Zama on the island of Okinawa.
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Fotos del campus de natación sincronizada SINCRO CAMP celebrado en julio de 2017 en Banyoles (Girona) con deportistas de Estados Unidos y Catalunya. www.sincro-camp.com
Large format shot taken during a kayak-camping trip on interior Alaska's Chatanika River. Some scratches and air bubbles on this piece of film gave kind of a neat effect.
Burke&James Press 4x5 camera, Caltar Type-S 135mm f/5.6, Ilford Delta 100 film
One of the many homeless camps in Huntsville, AL. I wanted to get closer, but didn't think I'd be that welcome.
“Ojibbeway Camp," Southeastern Ojibway
Paul Kane (1810 Mallow, Ireland–1871 Toronto, Canada)
"Previous to entering the bay of Manetouawning, we put ashore on one of the Spider islands, to escape from a heavy shower, where we found a single lodge. A woman and her two children were there, but the men were off in the distance fishing, which is the principal occupation of the Indians hereabouts in summer, there being very little game, except occasionally a bear or deer, and, at particular seasons, ducks. The afternoon being clear, I had a fine view of the La Cloche Mountains, and spent the remainder of the evening in sketching." (Paul Kane, "Wanderings of an Artist," 1859:9–10)