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Colorado’s first State Parks and Recreation Board is <br />created when the State Land Board is mandated by <br />the Federal Assembly to be responsible for parks <br />and recreation in the state. The new Board’s only <br />duty is to coordinate the activities of the Civilian <br />Conservation Corps. <br />First effort to create state parks fails due to inadequate <br />funding and staffing. <br />Initiative to establish Roxborough as the first state park <br />1937 <br />1937 <br />1949 <br />< 1950 <br />Mueller State Park, Est. 1980 <br />Navajo State Park, Est. 1964 <br />Colorado Midland Observation Roxborough State Park, Est. 1975