Cowans Gap State Park Family Cabin District - Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania
N 39° 59.645 W 077° 55.547
18S E 250215 N 4431201
The Cowans Gap State Park Family Cabin District is located in Todd Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Waymark Code: WMXXZE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2018
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n 1933, to relieve the rampant unemployment of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The young men in the CCC received food, clothes, and a small paycheck.
The CCC boys built roads, trails, and recreational facilities; fought fires; planted trees; and did many other conservation activities.
Richmond Furnace Camp S-54 was built next to the new forestry station at Cowans Gap. The camp was locally called Camp Fox for an enrollee killed in an accident while stationed at the camp.
The first enrollees to the camp lived in tents while they built housing for themselves. From 1933 to 1941, the CCC built:
* 30 miles of road
* Four bridges
* 32 miles of fire trails
* 11 miles of telephone lines
In Cowans Gap State Park, the CCC built the cabins, picnic shelters, and spent three years building the dam. The Cowans Gap Rustic Cabins are on the National Register of Historic Places.
Improvements continue at Cowans Gap, with additions like the campground and modern restrooms. In 2002, Cowans Gap State Park closed to visitors for a year-long renovation to upgrade many facilities.
Street address: 6235 Aughwick Road Fort Loudon, PA USA 17224
County / Borough / Parish: Fulton County / Todd Township
Year listed: 1987
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Politics/Government, Conservation, Landscape Architecture, Social History, Architecture
Periods of significance: 1925-1949
Historic function: Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current function: Domestic, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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