[1] It is part of an area of protected land that also includes Tar Hollow State Park.

Tar Hollow State Forest originated from the Ross-Hocking Land Utilization project of the 1930s.

The purpose of the program was to locate families to more productive land, thereby enabling them to better sustain a living.

Following termination of the project, the land was leased to the Division of Forestry, and finally transferred to the State in 1958.

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