he sprawling Texas State Parks system we have today might not exist if it weren’t for the 50,000-plus young Americans who served the Civilian Conservation Corps in Texas following the Great Depression. Created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, when more than 15 million citizens were jobless, the CCC was a voluntary government relief program that enlisted unemployed men to work on land conservation and park development projects across the United States. Those who served in Texas worked on numerous state parks and built several from the raw land, including 29 that the
