- City:
- Mendocino, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) improved Russian Gulch State Park, as it did most of the parks in California’s newly-launched state park system in the 1930s. CCC Company 572 built a new park entrance and roads throughout the park, as well as fire breaks, hiking trails, a picnic area and campground, and a park visitor center. The latter is notable for a huge cobblestone fireplace on the south wall.
Source notes
Engbeck, Joseph H., Jr. By the People, For the People: The Work of the Civilian Conservation Corps in California State Parks, 1933-1941. Sacramento: California State Parks, 2002.
Site originally submitted by Gray Brechin on February 24, 2008.
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Edward. Patton
Gabriel Milner
Tim Montgomery
Ryan
Marianne Shanley
I have photos of the camp and list of names of thr crew-my Dad was there, To whose attention should I send information to?
You may email it to [email protected]. If you want to send the photos via USPS, you may mail them to The Living New Deal, Univ. of CA, Dept. of Geography, 505 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720-4740. We look forward to seeing them!
I hope you add your pictures to the Living New Deal site. I just visited RG and would have liked to have seen these pictures.
Tim Montgomery
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Has anyone sent in pictures? Do you have a company rooster?
I have a photo of my great grandfather in his ccc uniform and a photo of the souvenir silk he sent home with his company number (572) and location (fort Bragg, ca)
Company 572 occupied camp SP-11 at Russian Gulch State Park from 10-17-33 through 4-29-35.
Information from Final Report of Eureka District. Civilian Conservation Corps. April 25, 1936. Mark E. Thomas, FA-Res
I have a photo of an uncle at Russian Gulch, but note on the back says Co. 285. Was that company there as well?