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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
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of U.S. 41. The first parcel of land was purchased for $40,200 in 1916, when Indiana's state park system was established during the state's centennial anniversary of its statehood.
Turkey Run State Park is located in northern Parke County. It was set aside as one of Indiana's first state parks and consists of 2,382 acres (964 ha) of land. [ 19 ] The county also contains a portion of Shades State Park , a 3,082-acre (1,247 ha) park about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Turkey Run; the majority of Shades is located in ...
Richard Lieber Log Cabin, also known as the Old Log Cabin, is a historic log cabin located at Turkey Run State Park in Sugar Creek Township, Parke County, Indiana. It was built in 1848, and completely rebuilt in 1918. It is a one-story, hewn poplar log structure with a side-gable roof. It has a frame ell.
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In the February 1938 Indiana History Bulletin, Robert B. Yule and Richard C. Smith assigned the designation 'sg' to this Covered Timber Bridge located in Section 28, Township 17 North, and Range 7 West, about 1/2 a mile west of Turkey Run State Park.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Turkey Run is a 1.67 mi (2.69 km) long 1st order tributary to Shellpot Creek in New Castle County, Delaware.
Turkey Run may refer to: Claude Moore Colonial Farm , a U.S. park recreating a 1771 era tenant farm Turkey Run (Shellpot Creek tributary) , a stream in New Castle County, Delaware