The CCC Built Garner State Park in the 1930s

CCC Company 879 built the roads, trails, cabins, and the limestone-and-cypress combination building that still stands today. The park opened on June 1, 1941, and was named for John Nance Garner, a Uvalde native who served as U.S. vice president from 1933 to 1941.

The Magers family, German immigrants, originally opened part of their land for camping in the 1920s. Local citizens later acquired more land and brought in the CCC to develop it. The combination building, with its covered dance floor overlooking the Frio River, has hosted summer dances for decades. You can read more about the park's history at tpwd.texas.gov.