- City:
- Yosemite National Park, CA
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Shops and Auxiliary Buildings
- New Deal Agencies:
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Work Relief Programs, Conservation and Public Lands, National Park Service (NPS)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) constructed the Tuolumne Meadows campground in 1933-34 and added a “contact station” or entrance station in 1936.
The building is done is classic National Park rustic style, with massive boulder walls.
An entrance kiosk has been added to the campground in recent years.
Source notes
John Broesamle book manuscript and interview, 2022.
Site originally submitted by John Broesamle on January 15, 2022.
Additional contributions by Richard Walker.
At this Location:
- 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
- Wawona Road Completion - Yosemite National Park CA
- Henness Ridge Fire Tower - Yosemite National Park CA
- Main Utility Building - Yosemite National Park CA
- Tioga Road - Yosemite National Park CA
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