- City:
- Daingerfield, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Infrastructure and Utilities, Marinas and Aquatic Parks, Paths and Trails, Campgrounds and Cabins, Lakes and Ponds, Dams
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1939
- Designers:
- Calvert Swing Winsborough, J. Reginald Gunn
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Daingerfield State Park, located in Morris County, Texas, is a 506.913-acre recreational area (including an 80-surface-acre lake), deeded in 1935 by private owners and opened in 1938. The park offers picnicking, camping, boating, fishing, swimming, hiking and nature study.
The original improvements were made by two companies of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Company 2891 and Company 1801(C) developed the park from 1935 to 1939. Both companies used local timber and stone as well as concrete to construct distinctive features.
The companies built the entrance sign, boat house, fisherman’s barracks, combination building, Lake Daingerfield, retaining walls, culverts, steps, trails, two cabins and Park Road 17.
Source notes
https://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/state-parks/daingerfield https://texascccparks.org/parks/daingerfield/Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on March 10, 2015.
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