Byway Wayside Amenities - Awarded 2008

• Grant Application
• Map of the Byway with Amenitiy sites
• Graphics of each of the sites - Lady Slipper Scenic Byway, Wetland, Mississippi River
• Letter of Support

Lady Slipper Transplant - Awarded 2009

• Grant Application
• Map of construction phases
• Letter Landowner

Mississippi River Pedestrian Bridge - Pending

• Grant Application
• Map of the site along the byway
• Graphic of the bridge

Astronomy Workshop 2009

August 11th & 12th
10:00am – 4:00pm at Headwaters Science Center

August 13th & 14th
4:00pm – 6:00pm and 8:00pm – midnight at Rabideau CCC Camp-Ages 13 to 99

HSC Members $150, Non Members $165.

Ever wonder what’s out there? And how do we know? What is a black hole and can you see one? Discover the universe. Explore how telescopes are made and how they work. Make a Galilean telescope and take it home with you. Spend 2 evenings outside at the Rabideau CCC Camp on an astronomical treasure hunt. Watch the Perseid meteor shower and view Jupiter at its closest point to earth this year. See its 4 largest moons. Unlock the secrets of the Universe.

To register or for more information call Headwaters Science Center, 218-444-4472; drop in to see us at 413 Beltrami Ave, downtown Bemidji; or visit our website at www.hscbemidji.org. 

Camp Rabideau

June 20th
1:30pm rain or shine
Bill Jamerson, CCC  Historian Author and Musician

Dollar-A-Day Boys! A musical tribute to the Civilian Conservation Corps

Escanaba, Michigan-based author, songwriter, storyteller and performer, Bill Jamerson, will present a program about the Civilian Conservation Corps at Camp Rabideau on Saturday June 20th. The program will include a discussion of CCC projects in Minnesota, a reading of excerpts from Jamerson’s novel and a performance of original songs he wrote about the CCC.

Songs will range from heartwarming folk ballads to foot-stomping jigs. They will include “Chowtime,” a fun look at the camp food, and “City Slicker,” which tells of the mischief the boys find in the woods. “Borrowed Mom” is the story of an orphan who found a mother in camp, and “Tree Plantin’, Fire Fightin’ Blues” tells of the hardships of work out in the woods.

The Civilian Conservation Corps was a federal work program created by President Franklin Roosevelt in the heart of The Great Depression. During its ten year run from 1933-1942,  young men between the ages of 17 and 25 enlisted and lived in camps that held 200 men. The enrollees planted more than 150 million trees, fought forest fires, constructed hundreds of miles of county roads and built several parks including Gooseberry Falls. Camp Rabideau in Blackduck is one of the few camps in the country that is still intact with original buildings.

Along with his novel, Jamerson has produced a PBS film on the CCC in 1993, wrote and produced a CD of original songs and authored several articles on the corps.