*** CCC CAMP PATTISON ***
Please replace the cache exactly as you found it. Bring Your Own Pencil. The logbook must be signed, otherwise there is no proof of your success.
Camp Pattison began on July 19,1935 when 100 men arrived at Pattison State Park from Mercer, Wisconsin. The men were drawn from Company 660, Camp Mercer, and became the infant Company 3663. An advance detail had arrived four days earlier to set up a rustic tent village in a clearing between the Little Manitou Falls and State highway 35. New men were enrolled from Superior, Milwaukee, Ashland, and other northern Wisconsin cities. On July 28, 1935, the company was at full strength. Most of the recruits were from large cities and the life in camp took on the aspect of a summer camp. Conditions though, were crude. For example, a canvas sack below the waterfalls was connected by a hose to a bucket with holes to serve as a shower.
In late July 1935, bids were requested for construction of barracks and other buildings. Not long after, work was begun using local labor and on September 5, the men moved out of their tents and into the new barracks. Camp Pattison was in business. Source: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
The bridge at the intersection of Beaver Slide Nature and Little Falls Hiking Trails is from the labor of the CCC Men at Camp Pattison.
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