The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana State Parks and the Friends of Brown County State Park invite you to celebrate the restoration of the park’s historic Peachtree Shelter on June 6.

The event, which starts at 11 a.m. at the park’s Friends’ Shelter, which is next to the nature center, will include comments, refreshments, carpooling to the park office and a short walk down Trail 10 to see the restored shelter.

The Peachtree Shelter was originally constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in the 1930s. The young men of the CCC were paid to implement conservation projects and construct facilities in the fledgling state parks during the Great Depression.

The CCC built several log shelters with shake shingle roofs in the park, including Peachtree; however, Peachtree, which is about a quarter mile from car parking, is the only one exclusively accessed by hiking.

Last year, repairs to this structure were made possible by the generosity of the Friends of Brown County State Park, Brown County Fabulous Fifty Women’s Giving Circle, Brown County Community Foundation, and several private donations.

Learn more about the park at on.IN.gov/browncountysp.

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