Shelton Wayside Park Entrance Sign
Project type: Parks and recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins, CCC Camps, Forestry and Agriculture, Picnic and Other Facilities
New Deal Agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Started: 1935
Quality of Information: Moderate
Marked:
No
Site Survival: No Longer Extant
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Description
During the summer of 1935, the Oregonian newspaper announced that among Oregon’s 67 Civilian Conservation Camps that summer one would be located at Shelton State Park in Wheeler County. The 200 member work crew made improvements in the state park along with other tasks associated with CCC workers, such as reforestation work and fire fighting, and road construction.
Shelton Wayside Park is the park’s current name. It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Fossil on Highway 19.
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Shelton Wayside Services
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Picnic Area at former Camp Shelton
Source notes
"More CCC Camps Slated in State," Oregonian. April 24, 1935. p. 9.
Project originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on June 22, 2021.
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