1	00:00:01:21	00:00:03:29	>> Drivers on Interstate 90/94
2	00:00:03:29	00:00:06:20	pass closely by Castle Rock,
3	00:00:06:20	00:00:07:23	just outside
4	00:00:07:23	00:00:09:01	the Village of Camp Douglas
5	00:00:09:01	00:00:11:09	in Juneau County.
6	00:00:11:09	00:00:13:10	Many people confuse Camp Douglas
7	00:00:13:10	00:00:14:20	with the National Guard
8	00:00:14:20	00:00:16:29	facilities right next door.
9	00:00:16:29	00:00:18:03	But the village began
10	00:00:18:03	00:00:19:26	as a lumber camp, named after
11	00:00:19:26	00:00:22:21	founder James Douglas.
12	00:00:22:21	00:00:24:24	>> My great grandfather
13	00:00:24:24	00:00:27:18	had a logging camp.
14	00:00:27:18	00:00:28:14	In those days,
15	00:00:28:14	00:00:32:11	the trains were fueled by wood,
16	00:00:32:11	00:00:35:01	not coal, not yet.
17	00:00:35:01	00:00:36:19	And he provided the fuel
18	00:00:36:19	00:00:37:29	and the water.
19	00:00:37:29	00:00:39:20	That's how Camp Douglas
20	00:00:39:20	00:00:42:03	really started.
21	00:00:42:03	00:00:43:09	>> One of the wood cutters,
22	00:00:43:09	00:00:44:21	John Singleton, soon married
23	00:00:44:21	00:00:46:20	Douglas' daughter,
24	00:00:46:20	00:00:48:16	Ann Eliza Douglas,
25	00:00:48:16	00:00:50:02	and decided to stay on
26	00:00:50:02	00:00:51:09	in the young settlement
27	00:00:51:09	00:00:53:23	of Camp Douglas.
28	00:00:53:23	00:00:55:23	A turning point came when
29	00:00:55:23	00:00:57:22	the Western Wisconsin Railway
30	00:00:57:22	00:00:58:28	decided to build
31	00:00:58:28	00:01:00:20	new tracks south,
32	00:01:00:20	00:01:03:05	across the Milwaukee Road Line.
33	00:01:03:05	00:01:05:07	>> The Milwaukee Road decided
34	00:01:05:07	00:01:06:11	they would not be allowed
35	00:01:06:11	00:01:08:10	to cross their tracks,
36	00:01:08:10	00:01:10:22	but the West Wisconsin
37	00:01:10:22	00:01:12:03	would solve that problem
38	00:01:12:03	00:01:14:08	by laying their track
39	00:01:14:08	00:01:16:15	in the middle of the night.
40	00:01:16:15	00:01:18:01	>> The crossing turned
41	00:01:18:01	00:01:19:15	Camp Douglas into a busy
42	00:01:19:15	00:01:21:28	railroad hub.
43	00:01:21:28	00:01:24:02	Business grew around the depot,
44	00:01:24:02	00:01:25:19	as they set about serving
45	00:01:25:19	00:01:27:07	the needs of passengers
46	00:01:27:07	00:01:29:12	and local farmers.
47	00:01:29:12	00:01:31:27	John Singleton ran a hotel
48	00:01:31:27	00:01:33:29	and a general store,
49	00:01:33:29	00:01:35:18	and did well enough to build
50	00:01:35:18	00:01:36:24	a beautiful home
51	00:01:36:24	00:01:39:22	at the foot of a bluff.
52	00:01:39:22	00:01:41:07	But a fire that began
53	00:01:41:07	00:01:43:22	in a saloon soon spread,
54	00:01:43:22	00:01:45:05	burning down Main Street,
55	00:01:45:05	00:01:46:14	the depot,
56	00:01:46:14	00:01:48:25	and much of the town.
57	00:01:48:25	00:01:50:28	In the midst of the crisis,
58	00:01:50:28	00:01:52:07	most business owners
59	00:01:52:07	00:01:54:09	remained optimistic,
60	00:01:54:09	00:01:55:19	and in a short time,
61	00:01:55:19	00:01:58:19	they rebuilt their town.
62	00:02:00:04	00:02:01:15	The Singleton Hotel,
63	00:02:01:15	00:02:03:06	rebuilt in brick, became a
64	00:02:03:06	00:02:05:19	landmark of the busy depot area.
65	00:02:05:19	00:02:08:05	Grocery and hardware stores,
66	00:02:08:05	00:02:10:06	a meat market, a blacksmith,
67	00:02:10:06	00:02:12:15	and barber shop, a feed store,
68	00:02:12:15	00:02:14:02	and a jewelry shop,
69	00:02:14:02	00:02:15:11	all added to the growing
70	00:02:15:11	00:02:18:25	foundation of the community.
71	00:02:18:25	00:02:20:08	Just to the north,
72	00:02:20:08	00:02:21:28	the Wisconsin National Guard
73	00:02:21:28	00:02:23:22	purchased a large piece of land
74	00:02:23:22	00:02:27:05	for a military reservation.
75	00:02:27:05	00:02:28:17	Here was enough space
76	00:02:28:17	00:02:30:10	to set up rifle ranges,
77	00:02:30:10	00:02:31:17	and to gather units
78	00:02:31:17	00:02:32:17	from around the state
79	00:02:32:17	00:02:34:19	to train together.
80	00:02:34:19	00:02:35:28	The reserve gave a boost
81	00:02:35:28	00:02:37:15	to the village,
82	00:02:37:15	00:02:38:24	which provided supplies.
83	00:02:38:24	00:02:40:02	While the soldiers,
84	00:02:40:02	00:02:41:10	who arrived at the depot
85	00:02:41:10	00:02:42:23	for their summer training,
86	00:02:42:23	00:02:45:23	patronized local businesses.
87	00:02:45:23	00:02:48:11	When the US entered World War I,
88	00:02:48:11	00:02:49:21	National Guard troops
89	00:02:49:21	00:02:51:07	were sent by the thousands to
90	00:02:51:07	00:02:53:04	assemble into what would become
91	00:02:53:04	00:02:55:24	the 32nd Division.
92	00:02:57:01	00:02:58:10	Many were followed
93	00:02:58:10	00:02:59:28	by their families, who arrived
94	00:02:59:28	00:03:01:04	at the Camp Douglas depot
95	00:03:01:04	00:03:03:17	to see them off.
96	00:03:03:17	00:03:05:27	After the war, the reserve
97	00:03:05:27	00:03:07:09	was officially named
98	00:03:07:09	00:03:09:02	Camp Williams, in honor
99	00:03:09:02	00:03:11:08	of Lt. Col. Charles Williams,
100	00:03:11:08	00:03:12:24	who led the development
101	00:03:12:24	00:03:14:24	of the camp.
102	00:03:14:24	00:03:16:00	Later, the Wisconsin
103	00:03:16:00	00:03:17:11	Air National Guard
104	00:03:17:11	00:03:19:07	would share the facility,
105	00:03:19:07	00:03:20:19	with the Air Guard portion
106	00:03:20:19	00:03:22:12	named Volk Field,
107	00:03:22:12	00:03:24:17	in memory of Lt. Jerome Volk,
108	00:03:24:17	00:03:26:09	whose plane was shot down
109	00:03:26:09	00:03:28:29	in the Korean War.
110	00:03:30:06	00:03:32:15	At the turn of the 20th century,
111	00:03:32:15	00:03:34:10	townspeople could pose
112	00:03:34:10	00:03:36:20	with pride on Main Street.
113	00:03:36:20	00:03:38:04	Camp Douglas could boast
114	00:03:38:04	00:03:40:15	of starting its own bank.
115	00:03:40:15	00:03:42:12	And in 1908, built its own
116	00:03:42:12	00:03:44:10	high school, which became
117	00:03:44:10	00:03:47:03	the pride of the community.
118	00:03:47:03	00:03:48:24	A farmers co-op
119	00:03:48:24	00:03:50:26	took over the feed store.
120	00:03:50:26	00:03:52:09	And Camp Douglas teamed up
121	00:03:52:09	00:03:53:17	with New Lisbon
122	00:03:53:17	00:03:55:00	to start one of several
123	00:03:55:00	00:03:57:19	area telephone companies.
124	00:03:57:19	00:04:00:04	In 1920, Camp Douglas built
125	00:04:00:04	00:04:01:17	the largest community hall
126	00:04:01:17	00:04:03:09	in the county, complete with
127	00:04:03:09	00:04:05:28	a gymnasium, and three churches
128	00:04:05:28	00:04:09:10	would minister to the village.
129	00:04:09:10	00:04:10:24	And, as the era of passenger
130	00:04:10:24	00:04:13:10	trains began to wind down,
131	00:04:13:10	00:04:14:17	the building
132	00:04:14:17	00:04:15:29	of Highway 12 and 16
133	00:04:15:29	00:04:17:05	brought new growth
134	00:04:17:05	00:04:20:02	on the edge of town.
135	00:04:20:02	00:04:22:00	But like all small villages,
136	00:04:22:00	00:04:23:27	Camp Douglas was hit hard
137	00:04:23:27	00:04:24:27	by the big trends
138	00:04:24:27	00:04:27:03	of the 20th century.
139	00:04:27:03	00:04:29:10	It would lose its bank
140	00:04:29:10	00:04:31:28	during the Great Depression.
141	00:04:31:28	00:04:33:25	The number of local farmers
142	00:04:33:25	00:04:35:26	would decline dramatically.
143	00:04:35:26	00:04:37:03	And many young people
144	00:04:37:03	00:04:38:17	would leave the area
145	00:04:38:17	00:04:41:15	to find work in bigger cities.
146	00:04:41:15	00:04:42:28	School consolidations
147	00:04:42:28	00:04:44:13	would eventually close down
148	00:04:44:13	00:04:46:25	the high school, and local shops
149	00:04:46:25	00:04:48:12	would go out of business,
150	00:04:48:12	00:04:49:18	unable to compete with
151	00:04:49:18	00:04:53:28	chain stores and shopping malls.
152	00:04:53:28	00:04:56:11	But in the early 1960s, plans
153	00:04:56:11	00:04:58:04	for a new Interstate Highway
154	00:04:58:04	00:05:00:24	System provided new hope.
155	00:05:00:24	00:05:02:19	>> We were really lucky,
156	00:05:02:19	00:05:04:01	due to the fact that
157	00:05:04:01	00:05:05:28	the military existed out here.
158	00:05:05:28	00:05:07:08	So when they put the freeway in,
159	00:05:07:08	00:05:08:17	they put an exit right here
160	00:05:08:17	00:05:09:27	at Camp Douglas, which benefited
161	00:05:09:27	00:05:11:20	the village of Camp Douglas,
162	00:05:11:20	00:05:12:24	as well as the military
163	00:05:12:24	00:05:15:09	installation.
164	00:05:15:09	00:05:17:25	>> Born as a transportation hub,
165	00:05:17:25	00:05:19:11	Camp Douglas continues
166	00:05:19:11	00:05:21:07	to remain connected,
167	00:05:21:07	00:05:22:28	and sustains village life
168	00:05:22:28	00:05:25:00	by continuing a long tradition
169	00:05:25:00	00:05:27:09	of community service.
170	00:05:27:09	00:05:29:05	>> I came to Camp Douglas
171	00:05:29:05	00:05:32:09	in 1959 and met the gentleman
172	00:05:32:09	00:05:33:29	who was running this place,
173	00:05:33:29	00:05:35:09	a little cafe,
174	00:05:35:09	00:05:37:13	called the Target Bluff Cafe.
175	00:05:37:13	00:05:39:03	It had two pumps out front,
176	00:05:39:03	00:05:40:17	Standard Oil gas pumps,
177	00:05:40:17	00:05:42:21	for 18 cents a gallon a gas.
178	00:05:42:21	00:05:43:28	My wife and I built
179	00:05:43:28	00:05:45:16	a little dining room on.
180	00:05:45:16	00:05:47:01	Later on, we added onto that
181	00:05:47:01	00:05:48:25	dining room, put a new front
182	00:05:48:25	00:05:50:11	on the building, and you have
183	00:05:50:11	00:05:53:00	a nice little supper club.
184	00:05:53:00	00:05:54:06	From day one, I was involved
185	00:05:54:06	00:05:55:23	in the Camp Douglas
186	00:05:55:23	00:05:57:09	Fire Department.
187	00:05:57:09	00:05:58:21	We had the first ambulance
188	00:05:58:21	00:06:00:11	in Juneau County.
189	00:06:00:11	00:06:03:12	We all had to learn to be EMTs.
190	00:06:03:12	00:06:04:19	In a small town,
191	00:06:04:19	00:06:06:01	everybody's got to pitch in
192	00:06:06:01	00:06:08:08	and get some work done.
193	00:06:08:08	00:06:09:07	At first, they say,
194	00:06:09:07	00:06:10:21	oh, another foreigner here.
195	00:06:10:21	00:06:11:28	Then when they found out
196	00:06:11:28	00:06:14:00	I was really fitting in
197	00:06:14:00	00:06:15:17	and chipping in and volunteering
198	00:06:15:17	00:06:17:18	for wherever I could help,
199	00:06:17:18	00:06:19:00	and work in the village
200	00:06:19:00	00:06:20:14	and the fire department,
201	00:06:20:14	00:06:21:21	and the ball park,
202	00:06:21:21	00:06:23:24	and the community hall.
203	00:06:23:24	00:06:25:19	I also belong to the
204	00:06:25:19	00:06:27:15	Camp Douglas Masonic Lodge,
205	00:06:27:15	00:06:29:03	and we raise money for the
206	00:06:29:03	00:06:29:28	grade schools, for the teachers
207	00:06:29:28	00:06:31:20	to support them, and then
208	00:06:31:20	00:06:34:25	we started a new Lions Club.
209	00:06:34:25	00:06:36:24	We're a busy volunteer group,
210	00:06:36:24	00:06:39:20	well everybody is busy.
211	00:06:39:20	00:06:41:21	I had the misfortune,
212	00:06:41:21	00:06:43:12	I had a plumber
213	00:06:43:12	00:06:44:21	that worked on the place
214	00:06:44:21	00:06:47:19	and accidentally set it on fire,
215	00:06:47:19	00:06:49:00	and the entire structure
216	00:06:49:00	00:06:50:25	went down in flames.
217	00:06:50:25	00:06:53:01	The community got together and
218	00:06:53:01	00:06:54:09	said hey, we've got to help Rolf
219	00:06:54:09	00:06:56:04	to get back on his feet.
220	00:06:56:04	00:06:58:07	They put a banquet together
221	00:06:58:07	00:06:59:19	in the community hall,
222	00:06:59:19	00:07:01:20	a fundraising dinner for me,
223	00:07:01:20	00:07:02:29	with the entire community
224	00:07:02:29	00:07:04:04	of Camp Douglas
225	00:07:04:04	00:07:07:17	and raised over $7,000.
226	00:07:07:17	00:07:09:15	Here, Rolf, I know it's a drop
227	00:07:09:15	00:07:12:05	in the bucket, but it will help.
228	00:07:12:05	00:07:13:22	The spirit behind it
229	00:07:13:22	00:07:15:10	was worth more than the $7,000,
230	00:07:15:10	00:07:17:19	almost, you know.
231	00:07:17:19	00:07:19:15	So yes, we got back on our feet
232	00:07:19:15	00:07:22:09	and we built a new one.
233	00:07:22:09	00:07:23:28	I was adopted into this village
234	00:07:23:28	00:07:28:04	like I was born here.
235	00:07:28:04	00:07:29:18	>> The spirit of community
236	00:07:29:18	00:07:30:23	that built
237	00:07:30:23	00:07:32:15	and rebuilt the village,
238	00:07:32:15	00:07:33:25	and carried it through
239	00:07:33:25	00:07:35:13	boom and bust
240	00:07:35:13	00:07:37:17	continues today
241	00:07:37:17	00:07:39:13	with a strong sense of place,
242	00:07:39:13	00:07:41:27	and community pride.
243	00:07:41:27	00:07:43:08	>> This is my community.
244	00:07:43:08	00:07:44:12	I belong here.
245	00:07:44:12	00:07:46:12	I love it here.