T.O. Fuller State Park

Some interesting facts about where we are staying in Memphis! (From Wikipedia. Can’t find much about it online.)

The park is named in honor of Dr. Thomas O. Fuller, who spent his life empowering and educating African Americans.^[1] The park facilities were originally built for the use of African Americans in the Great Depression by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). It was the second state park in the USA that was open to African Americans.^[2]

CCC camp number 1464-SP-10, which was composed of African Americans, initiated construction of the park facilities in 1938. During excavation for a proposed swimming pool in 1940, CCC workers unearthed evidence of a prehistoric village. The site has since been developed as Chucalissa Indian Village and includes a village, preserved archeological excavations and the C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa.^[3]