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 The CCC at Bastrop State Park Posted by:  WalksfarTX
N 30° 06.553 W 097° 16.971
14R E 665445 N 3332131
Metal marker on two metal posts along Park Road 1 on a grassy field front of the Refectory at Bastrop State Park.
Waymark Code: WMVKBC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2017
Views: 3
The marker gives detailed information about the creation of Bastrop State Park.
Marker Number: 9166
Marker Text:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U. S. Congress, as part of the New Deal efforts to offer unemployed workers jobs on public projects, created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in March 1933. Due to decades of lumbering activities, Bastrop County's "Lost Pines" forest was a prime candidate for the CCC's reforestation program and a logical site for the establishment of a park.
Two hundred recruits of the CCC's Company #1805 arrived in Bastrop in November 1933. With the help of Austin architect Arthur Fehr and a group of "local experienced men" or L. E. M.s, the men worked to create a state recreational park in the forest. Built of native materials in the "NPS Rustic" style promoted by the National Park Service, the park structures, particularly the central refectory, reflect the expert craftsmanship of the CCC.
A second CCC company, #1811, arrived in November 1934 to assist with reforestation work and development of nearby Buescher State Park. Additional activities included making native wood furniture for this and other Texas state parks, and building roads, trails, bridges, and small lakes. CCC work at Bastrop ended with the park substantially complete in 1939. (1991)
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