- City:
- Livingston, MT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)
- Started:
- 1936
Description
The Montana newspaper Big Timber Pioneer reported in early 1937 that “Eighteen miles from Livingston on the road to Gardiner NYA workers have transformed a wooded area into a five-acre camping spot.
Rustic tables and benches were built and placed in the area, channels were dug to change the course of the creek and make water available for irrigation of grass plots at the picnic sites. Two springs were developed and 300 yards from the camp a woodland swimming pool. 50 by 120 yards, with an average depth of four feet, has been built.”
Source notes
"Playgrounds and Parks Dot State"; Big Timber Pioneer, Jan. 14, 1937, page 6.Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 23, 2014.
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