"Mississippi State Parks". Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
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Mississippi's first nine state parks were built by the CCC. "By July, 1935, a total of nine new parks were under construction. These nine were Leroy Percy in
Washington County; Tombigbee in Lee County; Clarkco in Clarke County; Legion in Winston
County; Tishomingo in Tishomingo County; Holmes County; Roosevelt in Scott County; Spring
Lake (later re-named Wall Doxey) in Marshall County; and Percy Quin in Pike County." "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form". U.S. Department of the Interior - National Park Service. August 15, 1996.
