Shafter Campground – Klamath National Forest CA

City:
Siskiyou, CA

Site Type:
Parks and Recreation, Campgrounds and Cabins

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Description

“The pine tree motif is characteristic of the CCC presence in the national forests, and was used for entrance signs at several Klamath National Forest campgrounds. One of them, Shafter, is located several miles south of Macdoel and Mount Hebron, on the road to Bray in northeast California. Shafter also has several Klamath stoves, designed on the forest by CCC foreman Robert Brown. Klamath stoves have a closed firebox instead of an open grill, to both maintain heat and lessen fire danger. The Klamath stove took several different forms as its popularity spread across the West, and CCC enrollees provided them for campgrounds that previously lacked such facilities.”

–“CCC Landmarks: Remembering the Past”

Source notes

Journal of the Shaw Historical Library Editorial Committee, “CCC Landmarks: Remembering the Past” in We Can Take It: The Civilian Conservation Corps in the Land of the Lakes, The Shaw Historical Library, Oregon Institute of Technology, 2006. Pg. 156.

Location Info


Shafter Campground
CA Siskiyou County County

Coordinates: 41.710429, -121.98083

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