- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Comfort Stations (Restrooms)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Conservation and Public Lands, Work Relief Programs, National Park Service (NPS)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the Tuolumne Meadows campground in 1933-34. It is the largest campground in Yosemite National Park.
The CCC enrollees also built three comfort stations for the campground, done in classic National Park rustic style of boulders and timbers. At the time, a comfort station was more than a restroom, because it included washing facilities.
The three comfort stations still operate and have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Source notes
John Broesamle book manuscript and interview, 2022.
Site originally submitted by John Broesamle on February 20, 2022.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
At this Location:
- Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center (former) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Campground Contact Station - Yosemite National Park CA
- Half Dome Climbing Cables Replacement - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne Meadows Campground - Yosemite National Park CA
- General Improvements - Yosemite National Park CA
- Trail Improvement and Restoration - Yosemite National Park CA
- Ostrander Ski Hut - Yosemite National Park CA
- Yosemite Valley (Pines) Campgrounds Reconstruction - Yosemite National Park CA
- Seasonal and Stub CCC Camps - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tuolumne River Bridge - Yosemite National Park CA
- Fern Spring - Yosemite National Park CA
- Big Oak Flat Road - Yosemite National Park CA
- CCC Camp Cascades (demolished) - Yosemite National Park CA
- Mariposa Grove Road Paving - Yosemite National Park CA
- Badger Pass Ski Area Development - Yosemite National Park CA
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