- City:
- Phoenix, AZ
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Park Roads and Bridges
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
South Mountain Park in Phoenix AZ was developed for public recreation by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) from 1933 to 1940. During that time, the CCC enrollees built many, if not most, of the roads and trails in the park – though we cannot be sure exactly which ones.
Source notes
"The New Deal in Arizona: Connections to Our Historic Landscape," The New Deal in Arizona Chapter of the National New Deal Preservation Association, 2012.
https://content.library.arizona.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/NewDeal/id/195/rec/39
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Mountain_Park
History panels in South Mountain Park
Site originally submitted by Richard Walker on April 9, 2022.
Additional contributions by Joan Greer.
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