Civilian Conservation Corps Company 2888 was transferred from Tyler in May 1941 to develop Possum Kingdom State Park. The enrollees cleared the park area and shoreline, laid a waterline, built campsites and picnic tables, and constructed culverts and more than seven miles of Park Road 33. The camp included barracks for 200 men, a library and recreation building, a kitchen and mess hall, shops, a classroom, and an infirmary. It closed on July 13, 1942, with the advent of World War II, as the last CCC camp in Texas, and the park continues to serve the region.