- City:
- Brownwood, TX
- Site Type:
- Erosion Control, Infrastructure and Utilities, Forestry and Agriculture, Culverts & Drainage
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Soil Conservation Service (SCS)
- Started:
- 1935
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Until World War II, the site of present-day Camp Bowie was privately owned agricultural land. It is presently the site of Camp Bowie, a military installation owned by the Texas Military Department. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp 3818(V), active in Brown County from 1935 to 1936, was composed of 250 local veterans (hence the “V”) and was tasked with erosion control and drainage projects on privately owned land around Brown County. A few structures (now in ruins) likely built by CCC Camp 3818(V) remain on what became part of Camp Bowie, a military installation, at the start of World War II (it was then a small ranch). One of these structures is a set of check dams. Another is a low water crossing, consisting of two low stone walls flanking an unpaved road, with seven corrugated metal pipes running beneath. Fragments of masonry walls are nearby, concealed by foliage.
Source notes
Mindy L. Bonine and James W. Steely, “Brown: Portrait of a Rugged County Up to the Arrival of Camp Bowie,” SWCA Environmental Consultants for Texas Military Forces Adjutant General’s Department, December 2006.
Ranchers, Farmers, Soldiers, and the CCC: The Background for Seven Historical Sites at Camp Bowie, Brown County, Texas.
Site originally submitted by Sarah Benson on September 24, 2023.
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