- City:
- Millington, TN
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1941
Description
The CCC company 1442 provided labor for the initial development of what was initially known as Shelby State Park, planting trees, damming the lake, and building trails. National Park Service funded the project and labor was provided by CCC, and later, by WPA crews who built cabins and an administration building. The Resettlement Administration supervised the work crews. Planning began in 1933, land clearing in 1935. Additional building was planned, but interrupted by World War II.
Source notes
Van West, C. (2001). Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. Van West, C. (December 25, 2009). Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park. The Encyclopedia of Tennessee History and Culture. Retrieved from https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=884Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on December 22, 2014.
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