MASON RIDGE
Indiana - Monroe County - State Forest
November 1930: "A new State forest of 9,000 acres has been purchased in Morgan and Monroe Counties, near Martinsville, within 35 miles of Indianapolis. About 90 per cent of the area is in forest cover, although practically all merchantable material has been removed and the stands have been severely injured by forest fires during the past few years. A lookout tower has been erected and a system of organized protection for the new forest and for surrounding woodlands in private ownership has been put into effect. It is planned to enlarge this forest to 25,000 acres." (The Forest Worker)