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Chickasaw National Recreation AreaThe Travertine Nature Center is located over Travertine Creek
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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Platt National Park maps and brochures

Platt National Park Guidebook - 1930s
Written while Civilian Conservation Corps work was dramatically reshaping the park, this guidebook represents the standard style of the era. The park map included in this publication dates from the 1920s, and does not reflect conditions at the time.

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Park Brochure - 1976
Published immediately following the redesignation of the park in 1976, this tri-fold visit-planning brochure provides a glimpse at how the 'new' park was being marketed to visitors. Minor errors appear in the text copy, referring to the park by it's prior names.
(451 KB pdf file)
 
Park Brochure - 1977
Published one year after the redesignation of the park in 1976, this tri-fold visit-planning brochure still contains minor errors in the text copy, referring to the park by it's prior names.
(533 KB pdf file)
 
Park Brochure - 1978
In the late 1970s the National Park Service began adopting a new graphic design style for park brochures, reflected in this example. For the first time the new park is fully reflected in the text and maps; note that a detail map of the former Platt National Park, designated the Travertine District, is also included.
(.98MB pdf file)
Young men planting trees in a barren landscape  

Did You Know?
Between 1933 and 1940, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) entirely rebuilt Platt National Park [the present-day Platt Historic District of Chickasaw National Recreation Area] from boundary to boundary. Rustic buildings, swimming holes, and picnic areas, remain today as a testament to their work.
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Last Updated: November 10, 2009 at 11:04 EST