Camp Shady #1 (CCC camp F-4)
Mena, Polk County
A Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Mena, Polk County, where young men lived and worked in a national forest from 1933 to 1942. It housed Company 742.
This short description comes from the inventory details. A fuller story hasn’t been written yet.
- Kind of place
- CCC camps
- Built by
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- When
- 1933 to 1942
- Where
- Mena, Polk 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.