On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Kenosha County (Wisconsin) celebrated the Civilian Conservation Corps' (CCC) work with the dedication of a bronze statue depicting a CCC worker was installed on a stone base at Fox River Park by Salem. The project was funded by a $22,000 gift from the John & Ruth Kloss Charitable Trust.
Fox River Park was purchased by the county's newly formed park board in 1927. After the Depression hit, the board asked the federal government for help developing the park. The CCC camp that located there was one of 128 camps in Wisconsin, 4,500 nationwide.
At the Fox River Camp, the men worked six days a week from 7:15 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and were paid $30 a month. The CCC was set up to provide jobs for the country's many unemployed young men.
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