• Neshotah Park Lily Pond & Rock Garden - Two Rivers WI
    In an effort to beautify the area around a pond in Neshotah Park, the City of Two Rivers had rocks hauled to the park over a period of about three years. In late October 1938 50 WPA workers were transferred from other work in the city to finish the park project. A contemporary newspaper description outlined the scope of the project: "The pond will be lined with the rocks and several elevations provided so that the water will cascade from an outlet rock cap to a pool several feet below and will then go to a lower pool several feet below...
  • 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...