1 of 20 CCC camps in the Angeles National Forest. F-130 Co. #905 shared the location with Camp Rincon, a declining private camp run by Burt Luckey. From 1933 to 1935 the CCC men built trails, firebreaks, and roads.
“Rita Blanca Lake’s heyday began when the Works Progress Administration came to town in 1939. The W.P.A. was formed by the government on the heels of the Great Depression to help create jobs for the unemployed in communities around the… read more
Ritter Park is a historic park founded in 1913. The Works Progress Administration carried out improvement work in the 1930s. The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Ritter Park notes that Gus Wofford, a landscape architect who worked for the Board… read more
In 1933-36, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the Grand Canyon’s River Trail at the bottom of the canyon between the Bright Angel and Kaibab trails. The National Park Service’s CCC Walking Tour, discussing various CCC trail development projects, notes:… read more
Construction of the San Antonio River Walk was undertaken during the Great Depression by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and is one of the agency’s most iconic accomplishments. During the late 1800’s citizens of San Antonio became concerned about preserving… read more
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) completed improvements at Riverbank Park in Westbrook ME. “Riverbank Improved by C. W. A. Project The C.W.A. project for improving Riverbank, and greatly appreciated by the Trustees, consisted in the closing of the unsightly dump… read more
In 1939 the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Riverside Golf Course and clubhouse, as well as an adjacent swimming beach and playground in Fresno. “Riverside Golf Course was designed by Billy Bell and built in 1939 as a WPA… read more
Portland’s Riverside Golf Course was one of several local sites to be improved by the WPA in 1936 when “the Public Works and Park Departments received $86,875 in WPA funds for engineering, supervision, a portion of the wages of skilled… read more
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA) each worked to develop Riverside Park in Greenville, Pennsylvania during the 1930s.
Riverside Park was conceived of, developed, and built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the drought years of the mid-30’s, being completed in 1936. The project called for the development of 2.5 acres of pasture land along the bank… read more
Shortly after the creation of Minneapolis’ park board in April 1883, the organization designated land for the future Riverside Park. Land was acquired by 1884 and the area was called Sixth Ward Park until 1885. Since then it has been… read more
“Along the Yellowstone River, the Civilian Conservation Corps put up the buildings at Laurel’s Riverside Park as a place for workers to stay. The site later housed World War II POWs who supplied labor for the surrounding farms. Six of… read more
“Repairing and painting of park board buildings, including band shells, bath houses, pavilions, bridges, residences, service buildings and play ground buildings in the following parks…Riverside Park.”
Riverside Park in Buffalo, New York was improved in 1938 by the federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). 230 men were put to work on the project.
Riverside Park is a 6.7-mile long waterside public park in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, running between the Hudson River and Riverside Drive. Its origins go back to Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the designers of Central Park in the… read more
This charming stone overlook and the surrounding steps in Riverside Park at 106th St. were built with New Deal funds and labor during the massive overhaul of the whole park area from 1934 to 1941. The work was supported mainly… read more
Located along the Henry Hudson Parkway, the 79th Street Boat Basin is a marina, restaurant and still popular Manhattan destination. It was built in the 1930s with extensive New Deal support: “In a way, we owe the existence of the… read more
Researcher Frank da Cruz explains that: “By 1934, the park was in terrible shape; Robert Moses and the NY City Parks Department, using New Deal funding, designers, and labor completely leveled the original park and replaced it with a new… read more
Researcher Frank da Cruz explains here that a major part of the New Deal creation of what is now Riverside Park involved completely re-shaping the land itself. The park was re-engineered from its natural rather steep slope “into two relatively… read more
Researcher Frank da Cruz explains that: “By 1934, the park was in terrible shape; Robert Moses and the NY City Parks Department, using New Deal funding, designers, and labor completely leveled the original park and replaced it with a new… read more
In April 1936, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) approved a project for the construction of a new grandstand and tunnel at the Riverside Speedway in Neligh. The project would necessitate the razing of the existing grandstand, which was too small,… read more
“In 1941, WPA workers built the visitors’ center, a fountain and stone entrance walls at Riverview Park on the North Side, a project spearheaded by Griswold. Out-of-work Pittsburghers also made drainage repairs, paved roads and improved entrances in Riverview Park,… read more
In 1934-35, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped develop Roaches Run Waterfowl Sanctuary out of the marshes along the south shore of the Potomac River. Roaches Run is located at the north end of National Airport, which was developed a… read more
In March 1935, nearly one hundred Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) workers started work at Cottonmill Lake, located west of Kearney. Primarily, they were involved in widening and improving the driveway around the lake. The shovel crews were widening the… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was present in the newly-minted Death Valley National Monument from 1933 to 1942. At the time, Death Valley had almost no developed roads or other infrastructure. So the CCC ‘boys’ laid out the basic… read more
A major upgrade of facilities at the Petrified Forest National Monument (now National Park) was undertaken by the New Deal in the 1930s. The work was carried out from 1933 to 1940 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), under the… read more
The National Youth Administration (NYA) in cooperation with the Texas Highway Department created roadside picnic areas in Texas. The Gonzales park, constructed adjacent to U. S. Highway 183 near the south bank of the Guadalupe River was part of the… read more
A roadside park near Arkadelphia, was constructed fall, 1936 as NYA Proj. 2777-Y-10. The exact location and current status of the park are unknown to the Living New Deal.
This picnic area on U.S. 281 in Hamilton County is an early roadside park constructed by the Texas Highway Department (now Texas Department of Transportation). This roadside park was completed in 1936 to accommodate motorists attending the State’s Centennial Events…. read more
The National Youth Administration (NYA) in cooperation with the Texas Highway Department created roadside picnic areas in Texas. The La Grange park, constructed adjacent to U. S. Highway 77 was part of the development of roadside parks begun in 1935… read more
Picnic table and steps on the left as you head out of Fort Davis toward Fort Davis State Park. This is just one of several along this scenic route. In 1927 the legislature instructed the State Highway Department to build… read more
Roaring River State Park is a large park in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1928. CCC Company 1713 of the CCC (see linked entry for Camp Smokey) did extensive development of the park. CCC work included extensive… read more
The Works Progress Administration built dams at the Robber’s Cave State Park. The dams formed Lake Carlton, adjacent to the camping facilities built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Contributor note: “The CCC built the park between 1933 and 1941 with… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps built recreation facilities at the Robber’s Cave State Park. “Located four miles north of Wilburton on State Highway 2, Robbers Cave State Park, originally Latimer State Park (name changed in 1936), encompasses more than eight thousand… read more
Formerly known as Enfield Glen State Park, New York’s Robert H. Treman State Park was developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) between 1933 and 1941. From 1933-1941, “…the men of Camp SP-6, Company 1265 were, according to the late… read more
This 80-acre park was completed with funds and labor provided by the Works Progress Administration (WPA).
The federal Works Progress Administration (WPA) worked to improve Roberts Park in Collingswood, New Jersey ca. 1936.
Robertson Stadium was “constructed as a joint project between HISD and the Works Progress Administration by the Fretz Construction Company.” Originally Named Public School Stadium it was completes in 1942. Houston Independent School District renamed the stadium Jeppesen Stadium. In… read more
