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Camp Lagrue (CCC camp BF-2)

St. Charles, Arkansas County

A Civilian Conservation Corps camp in St. Charles, Arkansas County, where young men lived and worked on a wildlife refuge from 1935 to 1938. It housed Company 3776-C. Companies marked “C” were the Corps' segregated African American companies.

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Kind of place
CCC camps
Built by
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
When
1935 to 1938
Where
St. Charles, Arkansas County
Still there?
Not confirmed lately

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Sources

Part of Rediscovering Arkansas’s New Deal, a public map of 1930s New Deal work across all 75 counties. Updated 2026-10-14.