Double Ditch State Historical Site

The stone shelter you are now standing by was constructed in the 1930s as one of many projects completed throughout the state by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The CCC and WPA were programs that were created during the Great Depression to put unemployed people to work. In North Dakota the CCC and WPA constructed dams, developed Wildlife refuges and parks, work to prevent soil erosion on cultivated lands, and were responsible for many other projects that benefited the state. Today, Double Ditch historic site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. We ask you, as a visitor, to help us preserve the site and to remember to take nothing but photographs. The past belongs to everyone, so please leave all artifacts behind for the information they represent and for future visitors to enjoy.