The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the bathhouse and beach at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana, in 1938-39. CCC ‘boys’ trucked endless loads of gravel from a deposit in another part of the park to create a swimming… read more
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Pokagon State Park’s Group Camp from 1934 to 1939. The main area of the camp, which overlooks Lake James to the west, contains five buildings, the centerpiece of which is a lovely octagonal… read more
The Spring Shelter at Pokagon State Park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1937-38. Originally conceived as a trailside shelter next to a natural spring, the Spring Shelter was built of hewn logs. Originally, the shelter was… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the first toboggan slide. The original toboggan slide was built by the CCC ‘boys’ for their own recreational use while they were working on the park between 1934 and 1942. It was so… read more