- City:
- Albany, TX
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Archaeology and History, Paths and Trails, Picnic and Other Facilities, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1941
Description
The 3803 Junior White Company was established in Texas Jan. 5, 1938. They worked for three years prior to the program’s discontinuance developing the park’s campground, roads, and completing a partial reconstruction of the fort. The fort’s bakery was one of the buildings reconstructed. The camp was abandoned in 1941 due to World War II.
Source notes
"The CCC and Ft. Griffin." Texas Historical Commission. Based on Martha Doty Freeman's 2010 A History of Fort Griffin Shackelford County. Retrieved from www.visitfortgriffin.com/index.aspx?page=876.
On-site Texas Historical Commission plaques.
Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on February 9, 2014.
Additional contributions by Eveline Evans on April 15, 2017.
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