• Camp New Wood - Merrill WI
    Camp New Wood, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp located north of Merrill, Wisconsin, was created on August 1, 1934 and was in use until January 16, 1936. 4 When the camp started, 225 men were formed into company 2616 in Fort Sheridan, IL and were recruited to work at Camp New Wood where 15 men from Merrill joined them to collaboratively do community improvement projects. The equipment that the CCC workers used for their projects was located at the side camp (north of where the barracks were) and included 10 trucks, a tractor, grader, and various tools. There were 6...