Join us for a webinar on the history of Flagg Mountain on Tuesday May 24 at 5:30 pm.
Originally known as Weogufka Regional Park, today, Weogufka State Forest encompasses 240 acres including Flagg Mountain in Coosa County, Alabama. The park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. As part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, the CCC was the first Federal relief program created, the longest running (1933-1942), and the most successful. Unemployed men, especially from urban areas, enrolled in the CCC and were paid, clothed, and housed for their labor. The Weogufka Regional Park project was one of the earliest CCC projects within Alabama. Alabama Forestry Commission
alabamatrailsfoundation.org/webinar/
Originally known as Weogufka Regional Park, today, Weogufka State Forest encompasses 240 acres including Flagg Mountain in Coosa County, Alabama. The park was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) during the Great Depression. As part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, the CCC was the first Federal relief program created, the longest running (1933-1942), and the most successful. Unemployed men, especially from urban areas, enrolled in the CCC and were paid, clothed, and housed for their labor. The Weogufka Regional Park project was one of the earliest CCC projects within Alabama. The park was constructed between 1933 and 1936 by CCC Company 260 and Company 4498. The work of these men had a sense of lasting importance, as their efforts were “being expended to construct lasting land marks, and scenic centers for vacationist to enjoy for years to come.” These lasting land marks are still present today in the form of log and stone masonry cabins, as well as the 170 ft tall stone Observation Tower that crowns the summit of Flagg Mountain.
Flagg Mountain #pinhotitrail
alabamatrailsfoundation.org/webinar/
I can’t wait!
A walk along the Pinhoti Trail. What’s your favorite section?
Cheaha State Park-Alabama to the Northern Terminus where it intersects the BMT is my favorite. Benton MacKaye Trail Association. #PinhotiForever