June 5, 1960
To the Members of the Citizens Committee:
We are enclosing the first of a series of pamphlets which the Ice Age Park & Trail Foundation will release from time to time. We hope that you will assist in distributing as many as possible.
Large portions of the eastern Kettle Moraine region are not being used by hikers and picnic parties because they do not know exactly what is state owned land and because they hesitate to go into unknown and unmarked wild areas of woods and marsh.
With a view to opening the wilder regions to greater use, the Foundation has cut out trails and clearly marked them in areas where state ownership is substantial and contiguous. Areas that are not contiguous can hardly be used at all.
The Foundation also hopes to establish a series of shelters for hikers and skiers in the Kettle Moraine so that trips may be taken from the Northern end near Plymouth to the Southern end near Janesville, including the intervening area which was unanimously recommended for purchase by the State Park Survey in 1936.
The Foundation has been instrumental in building the first two shelters, which cost about $1,000.00 each. The
The Foundation was organized by several members of the Citizens Committee to assist financially and otherwise (see purposes) in establishing a park, a parkway and a trail along the terminal moraine hills formed by the six glacial lobes that reached
Many of the Citizens Committee are members of the Foundation. If you are not a member, we welcome your assistance through membership in helping preserve beautiful
Sincerely yours,
Raymond T. Zillmer, Chairman
