Washington State Park CCC Historic District - DeSoto, Missouri - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

CCC Company 1743 was first organized on April 15, 1933, as Company 694 at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, the unit was initially sent to Pierre, S.D. where it was re-designated as Company 1743. The company was comprised entirely of African-Americans and was assigned to Washington State Park beginning June 4, 1934. Their camp was named Camp Thunderbird after the mythical creature depicted in the local petroglyphs. During their time at Washington State Park they did extensive roadwork, constructed the 1000 Step Trail using large slabs of rock and constructed fourteen buildings. Their stone masonry was of very high quality and many of their structures are still in use today. The coordinates listed are for the park's interpretive center one of the CCC buildings.

Street address: Roughly bounded by MO 102 and MO 104 Potosi, Missouri County / Borough / Parish: Washington Year listed: 1985 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event Periods of significance: 1925-1949 Historic function: Domestic, Landscape - Camp, Park Current function: Domestic, Landscape - Camp, Park Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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