Forest Service Vista Grande Fire Station – Banning CA

City:
Banning, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, CCC Camps

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

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
No

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

A manned fire station in the San Bernardino National Park. The supervisor said that the site was once a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp. However, no structures from the original camp survive except for a crumbling square concrete foundation near the outdoor workout area.

Source notes

Local Source

Site originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on November 2, 2015.

Location Info


19401 Banning-Idyllwild Panoramic Hwy
Banning, CA 92220
Riverside County

Coordinates: 33.8502, -116.823828

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2 comments on “Forest Service Vista Grande Fire Station – Banning CA

  1. Patty McNeil

    I have a picture of my father, Lawrence Tozier at the Vista Grande CCC Company 909, USFS 143.
    My father was a supervisor on the young men pictured.
    Let me know if you are interested in an electronic scan of the picture.
    Patty Tozier McNeil

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2 comments on “Forest Service Vista Grande Fire Station – Banning CA

  1. Patty McNeil

    I have a picture of my father, Lawrence Tozier at the Vista Grande CCC Company 909, USFS 143.
    My father was a supervisor on the young men pictured.
    Let me know if you are interested in an electronic scan of the picture.
    Patty Tozier McNeil

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