Camden State Park

United States historic place


Camden State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

The Redwood River as viewed downstream from a road bridge in the park.
44°22′4″N 95°55′29″W / 44.36778°N 95.92472°W / 44.36778; -95.92472
Area	2,247 acres (909 ha)
Built	1934
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	NPS rustic architecture
MPS	Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
NRHP reference No.	89001669^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1991

Camden State Park is a state park on the Redwood River in southwestern Minnesota near Marshall. It is used for picnics, camping, hiking, and other outdoor recreation.

The park, originally known as Camden Woods, was acquired in 1934, and development started in 1935 with workers from the Veterans Conservation Corps, an offshoot of the Civilian Conservation Corps.^[2]^[3] The landscape design in the park was planned by the National Park Service, and the master-planned development allowed the Redwood River to determine the placement of various functional areas in the park. After the VCC finished their development in 1936, the Works Progress Administration dismantled the VCC camp buildings and built the Swimming Instructor's Cabin and the Ice and Wood House. Thirteen buildings and structures, built by the VCC and the WPA, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

A 1971 study by the Minnesota Academy of Science and The Nature Conservancy found that Camden State Park contained one of the westernmost natural occurrences of the sugar maple in North America.^[5]

In the 1980s, the park began a prairie restoration project. The original sites were two acres or less in size, and contained about 35 grasses and wildflowers.^[6] The prairie plants have been maintained and expanded, in part through the use of controlled burns.^[7]

Species

Amorpha canescens Lead Plant. Restoration Trail - Camden State Park, MN. 20210708.
Asclepias syriaca Common milkweed. Restoration Trail - Camden State Park, MN. 20210630.
Asclepias verticillata Whorled milkweed. Restoration Trail - Camden State Park, MN. 20210708
Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar Waxwing. Camden State Park, MN. 20160531.
Echinacea angustifolia Narrow-leaved purple coneflower. Restoration Trail - Camden State Park, MN. 20210708.
Pheucticus ludovicianus Rose-Breasted Grosbeak. Camden State Park, MN. 20160520.
Rhus glabra Smooth sumac. Restoration Trail - Camden State Park, MN. 20210630.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota place names: a geographical encyclopedia (3rd, rev. and enl ed.). St. Paul, Minn.: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 335. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. OCLC 45137506.
^ Remington, Harry (March 10, 1935). "CCC Program Spurs Work in State Forest Parks". Star Tribune. p. 28. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ "Rustic Style Resources in Minnesota State Parks". www.mnhs.org. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Meyer, Roy Willard (1991). Everyone's country estate : a history of Minnesota's state parks. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press. pp. 105–110. ISBN 9780873512664.
^ Muchlinski, Jim (August 28, 1994). "Preserving prairies". Star Tribune. p. 49. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Woster, Kevin (May 9, 2000). "Fire helps park go native". Argus-Leader. pp. 23–24. Retrieved January 9, 2021. Continued on the second page

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