Crowley's Ridge State Park exists today through the work, dedication, and ingenuity of the local community and the Civilian Conservation Corps. Civilian Conservation Corps companies 1729, 2736, 3799-V, 4733, and 4747 built many of the park's features. The Civilian Conservation Corps was a nationwide relief effort developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression of the 1930s, giving more than 3 million unemployed men the chance to earn a living by building public works projects, including several state parks in Arkansas. Enrollees earned $30 per month, kept $5, and sent the rest home to help their families. Army-operated camps housed the workers, while the National Park Service and the Arkansas State Parks Commission supervised park design and construction in Arkansas. Architectural drawings from 1934 show the planning and design behind projects still used today. Built in 1935 to span natural drainage channels, this 40 foot long stone arch bridge made possible construction of the present-day park access road. Its Rustic Resort Style design used native stone quarried near Stanford, Ark., blending the man-made structure with the surrounding landscape, a style seen in many Civilian Conservation Corps projects across America and recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.