A California State Guard
camp established in 1942 at the former Civilian Conservation
Corps Camp SP-36 as Camp Alpine Lake. It was later officially
designated to honor the memory of First Lieutenant William Franklin Clark who was killed in the line of duty.
Camp SP-36 was established
on June 22, 1935, two-and-a-half miles southwest of Fairfax.
It was located on the Bolinas-Fairfax Road, across the road from
Camp California and adjacent to the Meadow Club golf course.Built
at a cost of $40,000 by World War I veterans, the camp included
seven barracks, a mess hall, latrines, several workshops, and
a garage. Completed on September 10, 1935, the camp officially
opened on October 18 with 190 young men (known as “Juniors”)
from Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Sources: History
of the California State Guard
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