Yesterday I wrote a post as part of #wednesdaywalk about my stroll through the CCC Muesum near North Higgins Lake in Michigan.

The problem is, I took way to many pictures for just one post, so here is the second part of that trip. If you didn't read the first part, you might want to go back and browes through that.

Okay, now that you are caught up, you will remember that we just left the ice house. A short walk to your right will take you to the entrance of the cone barn and you can actually see the side of it in my first picture of the ice house.

The cone barn is a pretty cool structure and they have a couple of neat displays inside of it that I will be highlighting in just a second.

Here is the sign that sits in front of the cone barn:

This sign was also just outside the cone barn:

As I mentioned, inside the cone barn there were several displays showing the tools they used for the various steps of reforestation.

It was really interesting to see how they did everything by hand. This reminds me of the post I read by @steemflow the other day and the grinder that he showed.

In addition to the tumbler, they also had an old fanning mill setup. What is a fanning mill you may ask? Well I just so happens I took a picture of the sign near it so we can both learn about it together!

It is very interesting to see that even though the machine is quite old, they still used electricity to run it. I would expect in the days before electricity, it probably would have been operated by a peddal or perhaps hydro-power.

I took a couple more shots of things inside the cone barn before I headed back out into the sun.

There was no one else at the museum when I was there, so it was kind of lonely in the old buildings. It was nice to get back out in the open where I could breathe the fresh air and see the sky.

My next stop where the old seed beds where they would start the trees.

From the seed beds, I headed towards an open pavillion where they had this ram pump setup.

I apologize for cutting off the bottom of the sign. That was a big oversight on my part.

I took some more pictures in the area of the ram pump that I will share in a post tomorrow and then I headed towards a rock that was sitting by itself in the middle of one of the paths.

I know it is hard to read so I will quote the text for you:

Under the leadership of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, civilian conservation corps camps were established during the early thirties. FDR recruited thousands of unemployed youth and sent them into battle against the destruction and erosion of our natural resources. This action brought together two wated assets - the young men and the land - an effort that saved both
presented by M.C.C.C. Alumni

Is is really amazing how out of the Great Depression, they were able to create this program that not only revitalized peoples lives, but also the earth which we had been taking from and not giving back to for so many years.

The next stop on the tour is the old bunk house and it holds the main wealth of information about the CCC.

Sorry about the text on that last one. I had to resize the pictures so they wouldn't take forever to load and the print got a little fuzzy. I will save you the time of quoting all of the text for you, but the old pictures are interesting to look at.

After you leave this building, there is just one more stop before you get back to the entrance of the museum.

This statue of a CCC Worker stands proudly before an open field to remind us all of the time and dedication these men put into our local, state, and national parks.

Thanks for coming along with me. It has been great taking this step back into time with you.

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