The Powder Magazine is a surviving structure of the
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
(CCC) camp of the 1707th Company. Located in
Ouachita National Forest
The Ouachita National Forest is a vast congressionally-designated National Forest that lies in the western portion of Arkansas and portions of extreme-eastern Oklahoma, USA.
History
The Ouachita National Forest is the oldest National Forest in t ...
in the northeast corner of
Scott County, Arkansas
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,233. The county seat is Waldron. Scott County is Arkansas' 28th county, formed on November 5, 1833, and named for Andrew Scott, a ju ...
, it is a small stone and concrete structure about and between 3 and 4-1/2 feet in height. It is located about south of the T-shaped junction of two forest roads (designated #96 and #99) in 1993) on top of a ridge above Dutch Creek. The structure was built to house the camp's explosives, which were typically used by the camp crew for road and bridge building projects.
The structure was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
in 1993.
See also
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References
Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas
Buildings and structures completed in 1935
Buildings and structures in Scott County, Arkansas
Ouachita National Forest
Civilian Conservation Corps in Arkansas
Gunpowder magazines
National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Arkansas
1935 establishments in Arkansas
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