January 13, 1909: Parks planner John Nolen issued a report to the Wisconsin State Park Board that provided guidelines for a Wisconsin state parks system. Hired in 1907 to draft a feasibility plan for a Wisconsin state parks system, Nolen's 1909 report recommended the creation of parks at four locations: Devil's Lake, Fish Creek in Door County (Peninsula State Park), the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers (Wyalusing State Park) and the Dell of the Wisconsin River. The Dells was the only area that was not named a state park at the program's inception.