Saint Croix State Park

Infobox_nrhp | name =St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =A lake in the park, June 2007
nearest_city= Hinckley, Minnesota
area =
built =1936
architect= National Park Service, Civilian Conservation Corps
designated = September 25, 1997
added = January 31, 1997
governing_body = State
mpsub=Minnesota State Park CCC/WPA/Rustic Style MPS
refnum=96001594cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2006-03-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] , 97001261citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/97001261.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area] |668 KiB |author=Rolf Anderson, Susan Begley, and Ethan Carr |date=January 6, 1997 |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/97001261.pdf Accompanying images from 1995.] |4.59 MiB ]

Saint Croix State Park is a Minnesota state park on the St. Croix River east of Hinckley on Minn. Highway 48.

The land in the area was used for logging between the mid-1800s and about 1915. After the logging era was over, farmers were attracted to the newly cleared land, but the soil was poor and not productive enough to make a living. In 1934, 18,000 acres (73 km²) of farmland was purchased, and the following year, the St. Croix Recreational Demonstration Area was started. Under the direction of the National Park Service, the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps built group camps, roads, and campgrounds. The Recreational Demonstration Area became St. Croix State Park in 1943. Many of the structures in the park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and the entire historic district was listed as a National Historic Landmark in 1997.

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External links

* [http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/st_croix/narrative.html Minnesota DNR website for St. Croix State Park]
* [http://www.nps.gov/sacn/hrs/hrs4l.htm Saint Croix NSR: Historic Resource Study (Chapter 4)]
* [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=-2063350619&ResourceType=District NHL summary]