Point Beach State Forest Improvements - Two Rivers WI From the Wisconsin DNR website:
"1939: WPA began work on road construction and developing a forest lodge. The lumber came from this forest and shakes came from the Lake Elba prison camp at Rhinelander. Rip-rap came from the Jambo Creek area. Tree planting also began this year with 475,000 trees planted, mostly red pine but also 5,000 white pine and 2,000 spruces."
From "Joseph W. Soit and the Establishment of Point Beach State Forest":
"Sometime after the land was purchased a CCC camp was to have been established but it did not work out. Then the WPA project was organized. Even with...