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The county had only 4.24 inches of rain during April, May, and June, compared to the normal figure of 8.90 inches. Only 0.18 inches had fallen at the Agricultural Research Station since the beginning of July, although some parts of the county had received more rain. [15]
Now a public park in Jackson County, Iowa. Camp Minneyata: Buffalo Bill Area Council: Near Dixon, IA: Sold: Now a public Park in Scott County, Iowa. Camp Mitigwa (Mitigwa Scout Reservation) Mid-Iowa Area Council: Northeast of Woodward, Iowa: Active: 450 acres located north of Des Moines. Camp Osawan: Prairie Gold Area Council: Sold: Camp ...
The park takes its name from a hill found within its borders. Lapham Peak has an elevation of 1,233 feet (376 m) above sea level, and is the highest point in Waukesha County. At the top of Lapham Peak is a wooden observation tower that is 45 feet (14 m) high and offers a dynamic view of southeastern Wisconsin and the northern edge of Illinois.
This historic property, which is located on Allen's Valley Road, within Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, includes a gristmill and house that were built in 1840. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1] It is also a contributing property to the Burnt Cabins Historic District. [3]
The camp buildings dates to the 1920s when the modest resort was built and operated as a brothel and speakeasy. After many run-ins with the law, the madam, Annie Peck, was finally convicted of running "a bawdy house of ill fame", and sent to the women's prison in Taycheedah, WI in 1942. Her husband Gordon Peck was also convicted and served time.
Camp Lake was named after a lake noted on the first township surveys. [5] When the Wisconsin Central/Soo railroad came through the area, there was a depot stop created as Camp Lake. Prior to that, James McVey had a hotel called the Camp Lake Hotel and Gardens. The earliest visitors to Camp Lake were children and their mothers from Chicago.
Burnt Cabins is a historic unincorporated community in Dublin Township, Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States, at the foot of Tuscarora Mountain. It is approximately three miles west of the Tuscarora Mountain Tunnel on I-76 (Pennsylvania Turnpike) and the turnpike runs within 100 yards of the village. U.S. Route 522 also runs through the ...
The work was finished in June 1992, the 125th anniversary of Wright's birth. The plight of the condition of the cottage was made widely known via a 1986 Wisconsin State Journal article entitled "What Would You Do If You Owned a Frank Lloyd Wright House?