Project type: Parks and recreation
New Deal Agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Description
“Although included by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in his Mountain Park System Plan of 1914, the land was not acquired until 1935. The park served as a Civilian Conservation Corps camp from 1937 to 1941. Surviving buildings and foundations date from this period.”
Source notes
www.historycolorado.org/sites/default/files/files/OAHP/.../1622.pdf
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