Entry - September 24, 1936

10.00 PM Well I sure got a surprise today. We went to work as usual and worked about one hour and they called us back in and told us we had to move to Fort Sheridan October 4th but now we had to move over to Sherburn Lake right away.

Robert

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Comments from Chris

Fort Sheridan was located on Lake Michigan north of Chicago, but still in Illinois. That area was active back in the 1600s, but it was 1888 when construction actually began on the fort. It was officially closed in 1993.

Robert's orders ultimately came out of Ft. Sheridan even though he belonged to Company 2614, Camp Finley. Fort Sheridan was Robert's first stop when he joined the CCC in 1933.

On a side note, this day in history includes the birth of Jim Henson.

Fort Sheridan Barracks
Library of Congress