In 1940 garden and women's clubs, the Legion, the Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape and others organized the Wisconsin Roadside Council, joined by the County Highway and County Boards Associations, to aid the State Highway Commission in roadside development and increasing and improving waysides. In 1931 the Wisconsin Legislature authorized highway beautification, and later the familiar waysides - small roadside parks at first and for many years without water or sanitation. Motorists used these places to relax and picnic. Local garden clubs, with the American Legion and Auxiliary, began to beautify many of the resulting triangles with flowers and shrubs. In Wisconsin, by 1920, curves were built to eliminate sharp road corners. It is Near Poynette in Columbia County Wisconsin Early roadside rest areas were rural school grounds and country churchyards with their two little houses in back. This historical marker was erected in 1979 by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Through such initiative Wisconsin gained the experience to become one of the very first states to provide these modern full-facility I-Road rest areas you now enjoy approximately every 50 miles. , In 1931 the Wisconsin Legislature authorized highway beautification, and later the familiar waysides - small roadside parks at first and for many years without water or sanitation. , In Wisconsin, by 1920, curves were built to eliminate sharp road corners. Early roadside rest areas were rural school grounds and country churchyards with their two little houses in back.
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