- City:
- Fossil, OR
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Forestry and Agriculture, Campgrounds and Cabins, Picnic and Other Facilities, CCC Camps
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1935
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
During the summer of 1935, the Oregonian newspaper announced that among Oregon’s 67 Civilian Conservation Camps that summer one would be located at Shelton State Park in Wheeler County. The 200 member work crew made improvements in the state park along with other tasks associated with CCC workers, such as reforestation work and fire fighting, and road construction.
Shelton Wayside Park is the park’s current name. It is located approximately ten miles southeast of Fossil on Highway 19.
Source notes
"More CCC Camps Slated in State," Oregonian. April 24, 1935. p. 9.
Site originally submitted by Judith T Kenny on June 22, 2021.
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