- City:
- Foxboro, MA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Park Roads and Bridges
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs
Description
“Locally, the 1,000-acre F. Gilbert Hills State Forest in Foxboro, once surplus farmland, now welcomes about 40,000 visitors a year long after the CCC installed roads, improved trails and constructed buildings on the site.”
Source notes
https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/wpa-depression-era-projects-had-lasting-impact/article_440cd8be-726c-5cc6-a826-6858841da9f0.html (accessed Mar. 2018)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 9, 2018.
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