- City:
- Poland, OH
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails, Shelters, Park Roads and Bridges, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- National Youth Administration (NYA), Work Relief Programs
- Started:
- 1940
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
According to the park’s website: “1940 Jack Zedaker leads boys from the National Youth Administration in building two shelter houses (Zedaker Pavilion and the Shelter House at “Indian Spring” near Gutknecht Entrance), four footbridges, planting of trees, construction of trail markers, improvements to trails, and the creation of a parking area. 18,000 maple trees planted, 50,000 willows along Yellow Creek for erosion control.”
Source notes
Poland Municipal Forest, https://www.polandmunicipalforest.com/about/timeline/
Site originally submitted by Andrew Gallentine on February 20, 2023.
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