Another CCC project was started on August 9, 1934 when the workmen began construction on the Kelly Creek Dam, a 250-foot construction located on section 36 in Rose Hill Township. It was built on a point where a natural rock barrier had backed up a small pond in the creek bed. At one time it impounded about 30 feet of water and backed the water in the creek for a distance of about a mile.
Eighty-five men worked on the dam with hand tools, wheelbarrows and shovels to move the 805 yards of dirt. The cost of the dam was $4,600, which included part of the cost of maintaining the CCC camp. It had an eight-foot pool close to the dam, which made it an excellent place to go swimming.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 18