Texas state parks and the CCC : the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps / Cynthia Brandimarte with Angela Reed ; foreword by Carter Smith.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: College Station, TX : Texas A and M University Press, (c)2013.Edition: first editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 167 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
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Contents:
Building CCC parks in Texas -- The CCC legacy's first half-century -- Preserving the legacy -- Epilogue: Inferno at Bastrop on Labor Day weekend 2011 -- Park profiles.
Subject: From Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle to Lake Corpus Christi on the coast, from Balmorhea in far West Texas to Caddo Lake near the Louisiana border, the state parks of Texas are home not only to breathtaking natural beauty, but also to historic buildings and other structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. In Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Cynthia Brandimarte has mined the organization's archives, as well as those of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Department of Tra.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

The CCC creates a Texas state parks system -- Building CCC parks in Texas -- The CCC legacy's first half-century -- Preserving the legacy -- Epilogue: Inferno at Bastrop on Labor Day weekend 2011 -- Park profiles.

From Palo Duro Canyon in the Panhandle to Lake Corpus Christi on the coast, from Balmorhea in far West Texas to Caddo Lake near the Louisiana border, the state parks of Texas are home not only to breathtaking natural beauty, but also to historic buildings and other structures built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the 1930s. In Texas State Parks and the CCC: The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps, Cynthia Brandimarte has mined the organization's archives, as well as those of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission and the Texas Department of Tra.

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