- City:
- Chadron, NE
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Infrastructure and Utilities, Landscaping and Tree Planting, Lodges, Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Shelters, Picnic and Other Facilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Flood and Erosion Control, Dams, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1942
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
According to CCC alumnus Charles E. Humberger, quoted in the Nebraska History journal, “guest cabins were constructed and improvements made at the swimming pool and picnic and recreation area. Roads and trails were improved and drainage structures built. Brush dams were built to control soil and stream bank erosion, and the water supply system at the headquarters area was improved. They also carried out extensive rodent control and soil erosion programs on private property north of Chadron.”
According to the city of Hemingford, “[Chadron State Park], one of Nebraska’s most beautiful, was developed to a large degree, by Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC) forces…”
Source notes
Charles E Humberger, “The Civilian Conservation Corps in Nebraska: Memoirs of Company 762,” Nebraska History 75 (1994): 292-300, accessed August 14, 2014. “State Parks,” Hemingford, Nebraska, accessed August 14, 2014.Site originally submitted by Brent McKee - wpatoday.org on July 21, 2015.
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