[2] The US government purchased a wide tract of land in the area and began reforestation.

The National Park Service's Recreation Development Area (RDAs) program was active during the Great Depression, providing jobs and constructing scores of organized camping facilities throughout the nation.

[6] The Chief Noonday Outdoor Center is located in the Yankee Springs Recreation Area.

The camp contains four villages arranged around a central fire pit, in addition to a central administration area containing a dining hall and kitchen complex and miscellaneous camp service facilities.

The buildings are primarily single-story frame structures with gable roofs, clad with rough-sawn vertical boards.