- City:
- Kagel Canyon, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1937
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Kagel Canyon is a “populated place” located within the boundaries of Angeles National Forest. In 1934, the Canyon acquired the land for Dexter Park. Between 1936 and 1939, the WPA helped install a water system in the canyon including two wells that served sufficiently until after World War II. By 1937, the WPA had constructed stone and masonry retaining walls and stairways. There is still a WPA plaque in one of the park walls, though some of the buildings were recently destroyed in an earthquake.
Source notes
Project information submitted by Ansley Davies, Jeffrey Moran. Vradenburg, Ralph. Kagel Canyon History - https://land22.com/documents/Kagel%20Canyon%20History.pdfContribute to this Site
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Looking for the Kagel Canyon Cementary.I have Dad and Uncle buried there is there still a cementary up there? I live on the Central Oregon Coast,would like to visit..
Yes. It’s located at the top of Kagel Canyon Road. I was just there yesterday.
My dad built our house in Kagel Canyon in 1956. I lived there from 1961 to 1972. It was a wonderful place to grow up.
Didn’t your parents live across from the pasture?