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The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities to the state government. Of the initial twelve parks, only Muscatatuck State Park ...
Dorchester is located in southern Macoupin County at (39.08759, -89.88660 It is 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Wilsonville, 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Gillespie, with which it shares a ZIP Code (62033), and 15 miles (24 km) south of Carlinville, the Macoupin county seat.
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The Illinois state park system began in 1908 with what is ... The parks are free to enter and offer campgrounds with seasonal pricing for primitive to RV campsites ...
A logging company, Hoosier Veneer, paid US$30,200.00 for the site. Richard Lieber and the State Parks Commission raised $40,000.00 to buy the land from the lumber company after last minute support from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on November 11, 1916. The Lusk parcel was the first land obtained for Turkey Run State Park. The Lusk Coal Mine
Dorchester Township (T7N R7W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,550 and it contained 652 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,550 and it contained 652 housing units.
The area, 295 acres (1.19 km 2) total, was purchased for the state park from a cement company for a single dollar. [3] Constant flowing water allowed watermills to be erected anywhere. Restoration of the village was spearheaded by Richard Lieber and E.Y. Guernsey (employed by Indiana's Department of Conservation) in the late 1920s and early 1930s.