The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) developed Pokagon State Park into a fully-fledged recreational park in the 1930s, planting thousands of trees, building trails, establishing a group camp, and constructing park buildings, including a gatehouse, bath house (with beach), saddle barn,… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the bathhouse and beach at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana, in 1938-39. CCC ‘boys’ trucked endless loads of gravel from a deposit in another part of the park to create a swimming… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) established a camp at Pokagon State Park in order to work on developing the park. The camp was there from 1933 to 1942, when the CCC program closed down. The camp was dismantled afterward. Camp… read more
The former gatehouse at the entrance to Pokagon State Park was completed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1937 and used until the mid-1980s. The style of the former gatehouse is classified as Park Rustic. Using a variety of… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built a shelter house at Pokagon State Park, Angola, Indiana, in 1935. It was originally known as the Combination Shelter (for a concession stand and picnic shelter) and is now popularly known as the CCC… read more
Records indicate that Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees constructed six stone drinking fountains with gabled shelters around the park in 1935. Five remain. The drinking fountains are classified as Park Rustic. They are not marked; only two sites in the… read more
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees at Pokagon State Park created a series of three fish rearing ponds, originally with dams between them, fed by an existing spring. They were completed in 1935 and used to assure Lake James would be… read more
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees worked on Pokagon State Park’s Group Camp from 1934 to 1939. The main area of the camp, which overlooks Lake James to the west, contains five buildings, the centerpiece of which is a lovely octagonal… read more
Around 1937, CCC workers completed a 2½ story service building, which today houses park offices. It is not in a public area.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built overnight cabins at Pokagon State Park in 1940, which are still in use. The four cabins are classified as Parks Rustic. The cabins are not marked as CCC, but there is now a CCC… read more
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees completed the Potawatomi Inn bathhouse in 1935. Records are sparse, so it is unclear whether CCC workers remodeled/completed a building begun by Civil Works Administration (CWA) in 1933-34, or the CCC constructed an entirely new… read more
The saddle barn at Pokagon State Park was constructed by Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) enrollees in 1938. It still serves its original function. The structure is classified as Parks Rustic. New Deal agencies built several attractive saddle barns and… read more
The Spring Shelter at Pokagon State Park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1937-38. Originally conceived as a trailside shelter next to a natural spring, the Spring Shelter was built of hewn logs. Originally, the shelter was… read more
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the first toboggan slide. The original toboggan slide was built by the CCC ‘boys’ for their own recreational use while they were working on the park between 1934 and 1942. It was so… read more
This 1938 Section of Fine Arts mural by Charles Campbell was originally painted for the old Angola, Indiana post office. It now hangs in the Steuben County Community Center. It is titled “Hoosier Farm.” The size of the mural is… read more