Petit Jean State Park
Morrilton, Conway County
CCC Company 1781, made up of World War I veterans with construction experience, worked at Petit Jean from 1933 to 1938. They built their own camp first, then Mather Lodge and the cabins, then the dam that made Lake Bailey, a water tower, roads and trails.
- Kind of place
- Parks and recreation
- Built by
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- When
- 1933 to 1938
- Where
- Morrilton, Conway 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.