Clifton City Park – Clifton TX

City:
Clifton, TX

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Started:
1933

Completed:
1934

Contractor:
Civilian Conservation Corps

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The City of Clifton offered the State of Texas 80 acres of land along the Bosque River for a state park. The state never accepted the donation, and the area remained a city park. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Company 878 arrived in June 1933 to begin work on the park. The CCC built picnic and fireplace units, a semicircular seating area, entry portals, concession building and latrine all out of limestone. The CCC left their camp in Clifton in January 1934.

Source notes

Steely, James Wright (1999). Parks For Texas: Enduring Landscapes of the New Deal (First ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 204.

Site originally submitted by Larry D. Moore on April 2, 2015.

Location Info


Off of TX-219 West of Bosque Creek
Clifton, Texas Bosque County

Coordinates: 31.786548, -97.569324

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2 comments on “Clifton City Park – Clifton TX

  1. Mark Banks

    I was looking for a launch point for kayak for the Bosque river could a person put in here ?

    • Gabriel Milner

      You’ll have to contact the park directly for this information: (254) 675-8337

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  1. Mark Banks

    I was looking for a launch point for kayak for the Bosque river could a person put in here ?

    • Gabriel Milner

      You’ll have to contact the park directly for this information: (254) 675-8337

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