Sabine National Forest

Sabine National Forest is located in East Texas near the Texas-Louisiana border.

CCC Company 893 established camp near Pineland, Texas on June 14, 1933, and planted pine seedlings in the southern part of the forest.

These men also built roads and fire lookout towers and completed the Red Hills Lake Recreation Area near Toledo Bend Reservoir.

CCC Company 880 established camp near Center, Texas on October 26, 1933, and planted thousands of pine trees in an area that became the northern part of Sabine National Forest.

The CCC built the Boles Field Campground, including a pavilion and amphitheater, in the forest near Shelbyville, Texas.