Fieldnotes from oral history interview
Subject: Earl Wall
630 Applegate Street (P.O. Box 236)
Jacksonville, OR 97530 (503) 899-1072
Date: March 17, 1989
Connection with CRLA: CCC enrollee 1934
Notes (interview conducted at Jacksonville):
Telephone contact was made on March 7 and had a lengthy conversation, some of which was reiterated on March 17. During the phone conversation, we talked about the Annie Springs camp in 1934 and the various jobs that EW did that summer.
He said that the Annie Springs camp was composed mainly of men from the Rogue Valley and Klamath Basin. Very few from outside of Oregon, whereas the Wineglass camp had many southerners, including some black. Most of the Wineglass enrollees were close in age, but the Annie Springs camp had enrollees aged 17 to over 60. EW got to the park in April, the first time that he had seen Crater Lake. First job was removal of debris from and near roads, crew sized varied from 15 to 30. The next job was working on the roof of the Administration building, which was very steep even with wearing cleats. At that time, he also helped with the landscaping of the headquarters area. He and others dug sod from the head of a canyon near Annie Springs and this was transported to Munson Valley.
The remainder of the summer was spent building and completing backcountry cabins. The crew size for this work was ten. Began with cabins in the northwest corner of the park and worked in a counterclockwise fashion around the park. Started with the National Creek cabin and finished with the Maklak cabin. Supplies were hauled by truck via the motorways for the work and the crew would work at the site during the week. Logs for the cabins were obtained from the surrounding area of the structure, and were chinked with san and cement. Some cabinet work was done by the crews. Some cabins were started in 1933, then finished the next year. The Maklak cabin was built entirely in 1934. EW’s crew was the only one for backcountry cabins, Ed Loosely (from Fort Klamath) was the temporary NPS ranger in charge of the work.
