Camp Clearfork

 recreation area / ground, lake, campground, manmade lake, dam, cabins, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, historic district, New Deal Depression Relief Project [1933-1945]

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Historic group-use recreational facility, dam and man-made lake listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) as a historic district.

Built: c. 1935
Architectural style: Rustic
Areas of significance: Architecture; Entertainment/Recreation; Social History
Area: 21 acres
Date added to NRHP: 10/21/1993
Other designations: U.S. Historic District; part of the Facilities Constructed by the CCC in Arkansas Multiple Property Submission
Notes: This recreational facility consists of four cabins, a recreation building (Desoto Hall), two staff buildings, a dam, and the resulting man-made lake. The complex was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program that operated between 1933 and 1942. The program provided work for unmarried, unemployed men who were struggling to find work during the Great Depression.