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Date added: June 3, 2022
CCC Camp Four Mile, also known as the CCC Bandon Side Camp, served as a base for Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers from its founding in spring 1937 through 1941. Today the site is occupied by a Coos Forest Protective… read more
Date added: June 2, 2022
Harris Beach State Park was one of 45 state parks improved through the work of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees during the New Deal era. The CCC improvements took place there in 1934 and 1935. Only a seventeen-acre park at… read more
Date added: June 1, 2022
Land for Cape Arago State Park was donated to Oregon State Parks in 1932 but lay undeveloped until Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees began improvements in 1934. Over a two-year period, they completed a considerable amount of work. As noted… read more
Date added: May 30, 2022
From 1936 to 1941, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed Honeyman State Park, just south of Florence, Oregon, under the supervision of the National Park Service (NPS). The parkland had been purchased by the state from 1930 to 1936. Honeyman… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
Several years after the State purchased land from Lane County, Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees improved the Alderwood State Wayside. The work was conducted in 1935. As noted in the Oregon State Park’s 1965 publication: “The facilities at Alderwood are not… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The State of Oregon received a two-acre, ocean-front property from Jack Ponsler in 1939 to be made into a public park in memory of his wife Muriel O. Ponsler. Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees provided the labor to develop it. The… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The original 32-acre tract that established Yaquina Bay State Park was donated by the United States Department of Commerce, Lighthouse Service on September 1, 1934. Shortly after, Civilian Conservation Corps workers from CCC Camp Newport began development of the site…. read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The bridge at the mouth of the Yaquina River at Newport OR was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1934-36. It was one of five PWA-funded bridges over the Alsea River, Coos Bay, Siuslaw River, Umpqua… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The bridge over Coos Bay at North Bend OR was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1934-36. It was one of five PWA-funded bridges over Alsea Bay, Coos Bay, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River, and Yaquina River… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The bridge over the Siuslaw River at Florence OR was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1934-36. It was one of five PWA-funded bridges over Alsea Bay, Coos Bay, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River, and Yaquina River… read more
Date added: May 28, 2022
The bridge over Alsea Bay (mouth of the Alsea River) in Oregon was constructed with funding from the Public Works Administration (PWA) in 1934-36. It was one of five PWA-funded bridges over Alsea Bay, Coos Bay, Siuslaw River, Umpqua River,… read more
Date added: May 16, 2022
In 1939 the Works Progress Administration (WPA) constructed an athletic field at Portland’s Franklin High School as part of a larger commitment ($468,459) to the improvement of Portland public school properties.
Date added: May 5, 2022
In the 1934, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed the Devil’s Punchbowl day-use area for public use. The improvements included picnic tables, fireplaces, restroom, drinking fountain, water supply, a foot trail and steps to the beach. The majority of these… read more
Date added: May 5, 2022
Civilian Conservation Corps members provided the original improvements for this ocean-front park between 1934 and 1936. The improvements involved an access road, landscaping to protect the view, and a picnic area. Located approximately two miles south of Depot Bay OR,… read more
Date added: May 3, 2022
Acquired for state park use in 1935, the State Park plans for this beautiful stretch of coastline in Tillamook County initially focused on its use as an undeveloped, natural preserve. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees built the first major improvement,… read more
Check out our latest map and guide to the work of the New Deal in Washington, D.C. It includes 500 New Deal sites in the District alone, highlighting 34 notable sites, and includes an inset map of the area around the National Mall which can be used for self-guided walking tours.
Take a look at our previous guides, equally comprehensive, covering key New Deal sites in San Francisco and New York City.
