Wallace State Park is a public recreation area located south of
Cameron in
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
** Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, ...
,
Missouri
Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it is bordered by eight states (tied for the most with Tennessee): Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east, Arkansas t ...
. The
state park's encompass a lake, Lake Allaman, for swimming, fishing, and boating, hiking trails, picnicking facilities, and a campground.
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History
The state acquired the park's first 121 acres in 1932 and named it for the family who had owned the land for more than a century, The Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
performed much of the site's early development during the 1930s.[
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References
External links
Wallace State Park
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Wallace State Park Map
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
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State parks of Missouri
Protected areas of Clinton County, Missouri
Protected areas established in 1932
Works Progress Administration in Missouri
1932 establishments in Missouri