- City:
- East Custer, SD
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Parks and Recreation, Lakes and Ponds, Water Supply
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
“The [Custer State Park] grew rapidly in the 1920s, acquired additional lands; during the 1930s the Civilian Conservation Corps made many park improvements. CCC men laid out campgrounds and picnic areas, built a massive park museum, miles of roads, sturdy bridges and a stone fire tower, but, most importantly, constructed three dams creating Stockade, Center and Legion Lakes, all of which provide for water-based recreation.”
–John R. Thune, “Custer State Park”
Source notes
John Thune, "Custer State Park," Library of Congress: Local Legacies.
<https://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/legacies/SD/200003526.html>
Sanders, Peggy. _The Civilian Conservation Corps: In and Around the Black Hills._ Arcadia Publishing, 2004.
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