These include twin leaf, bloodroot, dutchman's breeches, hyacinth, phacelia, wood poppy, spring beauty and blue phlox.

[1] The wilderness area is separated by Tower Ridge Road and the northern section is larger than the southern.

The narrow, rocky ridges made for marginally productive farmland, but the inhabitants were able to scrape by until the Great Depression.

As the economy forced them out, the U.S. Forest Service acquired their property and, with the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps, began rehabilitating the area and managing it for recreation.

Claude Ferguson, former Supervisor of the Hoosier National Forest, was instrumental in establishing the Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area.