- City:
- Palmdale, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1933
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Unknown
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a campground and picnic area at Charlton Flat in the Angeles National Forest, CA. The same CCC Company was responsible for building the campground, ranger station, and maintenance facilities at nearby Chilao, as well as the fire lookout on Mount Vetter.
Source notes
John W. Robinson, The San Gabriels: Southern California Mountain Country (San Marino, CA: Golden West Books, 1977).
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