Location: Jay Cooke State Park - MN

CCC Improvements – Jay Cooke State Park MN

Beginning in 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), working from NPS regional office designs, built new structures and cleared “unneeded or undesirable” buildings, lakes, and ponds. Corpsmen also did landscaping work to improve the camp- and picnic grounds, overlooks, and… read more

The River Inn – Jay Cooke State Park MN

Jay Cooke State Park’s River Inn, constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) using a local rock known as gabbro, is among the “largest CCC buildings in Minnesota.”