The Franklin Lake Campground is located in
Alvin, Wisconsin
Alvin is a town in Forest County, Wisconsin, Forest County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 157 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The town was named after Alvin Spencer, a Baptist minister from Powell County, Kentucky who ...
. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1988.
History
The campground was put together by the
Civilian Conservation Corps
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28. The CCC was a major part of ...
and the
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, i ...
of the
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939. Major federal programs agencies included the Civilian Cons ...
.
It is located within the
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
References
External links
Parks on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
Campgrounds in the United States
Geography of Forest County, Wisconsin
Civilian Conservation Corps in Wisconsin
Works Progress Administration in Wisconsin
National Register of Historic Places in Forest County, Wisconsin
Temporary populated places on the National Register of Historic Places
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