The following thesis provides a brief history of Jackson-Washington State Forest in Brownstown, Indiana, from its establishment in 1931 to the present day (April, 2015). The following pages describe the forest's relationship with the CCC, its historic structures, its transition into a recreation area, and its interaction with wider conservation movements, state-and nationwide. This thesis will accompany similar papers, also written by Ball State Honors students, about Indiana's eleven other state forests, forming the first-ever, written history of the Indiana state forests.