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Show Low Lake is a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) lake nestled at 6,500 feet (2,000 m) elevation in the White Mountains of Arizona which is administered by the Arizona Game and Fish Department along with the city of Show Low. Show Low Lake Park is located five miles (8 km) south of Show Low.
Riverside Park is a public park located on the riverfront of downtown La Crosse, Wisconsin. It hosts events such as Riverfest, Fourth of July fireworks, Oktoberfest, Moon Tunes, and the Rotary Lights. The steamboats American Queen, La Crosse Queen, and Julia Belle Swain make stops along the river in the park. The park has walking/running trails.
Fish species within the lake include rainbow, brook, and brown trout, bluegills, suckers, catfish, walleye, warmouth, and smallmouth bass. Scuba divers approaching a platform about 20 feet (6.1 m) below the surface of Wazee Lake.
Fool Hollow was named for a hapless settler (Thomas Jefferson Adair [2]) who attempted to farm the rocky canyon in the 1880s.The Arizona Game and Fish Department constructed the lake through the construction of a dam at Fool Hollow Wash and Show Low Creek, [3] thereby covering up the community of Adair, in 1957 specifically to provide water-oriented outdoor recreation.
La Crosse (/ l ə ˈ k r ɒ s / ⓘ lə-KROSS) [6] is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. [7] La Crosse's population was 52,680 as of the 2020 census. [2]
Pettibone had been mayor of La Crosse for three terms and made his fortune through the city's lumber trade. [1] He and his wife, Cordelia, intended to construct a park there for public use. At the time, the island was essentially a swamp, and only one person lived on it. A local newspaper referred to the island as "a low, marshy, unsightly ...
A pair of one-story Prairie Style bungalows, nearly mirror images, designed by Percy Bentley of La Crosse and built in 1913 [50] for friends Chase and Wohlhuter. Chase was a dentist and Wohlhuter managed the La Crosse Theater. [51] 19: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger Depot: Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul Railway Passenger ...
A ferry operated by Alex McGilvray crossed the river near La Crosse, starting in 1861. This was supplanted by a series of seven bowstring truss bridges were built during 1891-92 to bring a La Crosse County road through backwaters of the Black River and then cross the Black River itself, connecting the city of La Crosse with rural Trempealeau ...