Fox River Park is the only park in the county that has work done by the CCC although workers from the New Deal's Works Progress Administration did similar projects in Petrifying Springs Park.
Dennis Elverman, chairman of Kenosha County's parks committee credits Jon Rudie with the push to honor the CCC. Elverman is a descendant of the farm family that sold the property for the park to the county nearly 90 years ago. His father grew up on the property before the CCC planted thousands of now mature trees.
Some 3 million men worked in the CCC and "dramatically changed the future, and today we enjoy a legacy of natural resources treasures that dot our landscape" from Yellowstone to Mount Ranier "to our very own Fox River Park," said Jim Kreuser.
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