Hollandale Sites

Public Works Administration project 1307 for completion of gravel roads, bridges, and drainage was approved for Washington County 2/21/1934. A loan in the amount of $400,000 and a grant for $161,149 funded construction of 8.503 miles of the road between Hollandale and Yerger (now named Darlove), as well as between Murphy and Slater's Ferry, and between Winterville and Priscilla. George Vizant was chief engineer of the Washington County Highway Commission, and Barber Brothers of Baton Rouge, LA were contractors. Construction began October 17, 1934 and was completed by August 31, 1937.

"Five thousand people were present for the dedication of the park on July 25, 1935. It was named after an able Delta planter and lawyer who was a U.S. senator from Mississippi in 1909-13. Park facilities were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps Companies 2422 and 5467 between 1934 and 1936. Only two of the seven original log cabins are left. The solid log architecture is typical of the buildings that the CCC built in parks across the nation during the Depression." (McGinnis, 163)