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Chickasaw National Recreation Area
The Junior Ranger Station
 
Park ranger talks with young boy through the window of a stone building
NPS/Chickasaw National Recreation Area
A park ranger answers the question of a young visitor at the Junior Ranger Station.
 

Located at the entrance to the Cold Springs Campground, the Junior Ranger Station is open during summer weekends as a central location for children visiting the park to begin their Junior Ranger experience.   

 
Location
Approximately one mile east of U.S. Highway 177 on the Perimeter Drive (follow the signs to the Travertine Nature Center) at the entrance to the Cold Springs Campground.  
      Hours of Operation
Through Saturday, 5 September 2009
Fridays; 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays; 10:00 p.m. – 12:00 noon and 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
 

 
Children talking to a park ranger in a stone building

NPS Historic Photograph Collection/ Jack E. Boucher

Children talking to a Park ranger at the Cold Springs Campground, 1960

About the building
This building was originally built in March of 1938 by the Civilian Conservation Corps as a campground checking station. By the late 1940s the building was used as a ranger station, and through the 1950s and 1960s it was also used as the office of the Chief Ranger.
 
Junior Ranger Badge
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Detail drawing of a historic Platt National Park sign
Remembering Platt National Park
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Elk at Platt National Park  

Did You Know?
In addition to a bison herd, from 1920-1934, Platt National Park [the present-day Platt Historic District of Chickasaw National Recreation Area] was host to a small herd of elk. In 1934 most of the elk were slaughtered and fed to families needing relief from the Great Depression.
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Last Updated: July 15, 2009 at 12:25 EST