Legion State Park
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Legion State Park is public recreation area located on the north edge of the city of Louisville, Mississippi, and adjacent to Tombigbee National Forest.[1] As Legion State Park Historic District, the state park entered the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[2] It is managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.
History
The park is one of the original Mississippi state parks developed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s.[3] The CCC began creating the park in October 1934; it opened the public in July 1937.[2] It includes the Legion Lodge, a hand-hewn log structure that has remained unaltered since its construction. Legion Lodge is the oldest structure within a Mississippi state park.[1]
Activities and amenities
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- Script error: No such module "Official website".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
- Legion State Park Map Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
- Friends of Legion State Park
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- State parks of Mississippi
- Protected areas of Winston County, Mississippi
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- 1937 establishments in Mississippi
- Civilian Conservation Corps in Mississippi
- National Register of Historic Places in Winston County, Mississippi
- Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- Parks established in the 1930s