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  2. Waubonsie State Park - Wikipedia

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    Waubonsie State Park is a state park in Fremont County, Iowa, United States, located in the Loess Hills region. It is named for Chief Wabaunsee of the Potawatomi people. Waubonsie State Park is located in the unique Loess Hills, a landform found only along the Missouri River in Iowa and Missouri. As glaciers melted 14,000 to 28,000 years ago ...

  3. Loess Hills - Wikipedia

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    The Loess Hills region in Missouri. Today, the hills stretch from the Blood Run Site in South Dakota in the north to Mound City, Missouri in the south. Loess topography can be found at various points in extreme eastern portions of Nebraska and Kansas along the Missouri River valley, particularly near the Nebraska cities of Brownville, Rulo, Plattsmouth, Fort Calhoun, and Ponca, and the Iowa ...

  4. List of Iowa state parks - Wikipedia

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    Preserves a natural section of the Loess Hills. Templar State Recreation Area: Dickinson County: Spirit Lake: 10 4.0: Spirit Lake: Provides a sheltered lagoon for launching boats on the Iowa Great Lakes. Trapper's Bay State Park: Dickinson County: Lake Park: 57 23: Silver Lake: Offers additional public recreation space on the periphery of the ...

  5. Preparation Canyon State Park - Wikipedia

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    Located in the Loess Hills, the 344-acre (139 ha) park is a relatively undisturbed and undeveloped place. It provides space for picnicking, hiking, and camping in ten hike-in camp sites. Dramatic ridges are located on the north, south and west sides of the park, which is located on the north end of the Loess Hills State Forest.

  6. Council Bluffs, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The city is well served by Interstate 80, Interstate 29, U.S. Route 6, and the Loess Hills National Scenic Byway. The Union Pacific , BNSF , Iowa Interstate , and Canadian National Railroads all connect in Council Bluffs and carry important freight traffic.

  7. Herbert Hoover National Historic Site - Wikipedia

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    Real estate developer John Wetherell and his wife built a house in 1872 and sold it four years later to the retired Dr. John Staples. [26] David Mackey purchased a house in 1869. Mackey was a carpenter and built the house himself. Shortly after completion, he died, leaving the house to his wife, son, and sister.

  8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]

  9. Paha (landform) - Wikipedia

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    Paha (or greda) are elongated landforms composed either of only loess or till capped by loess. [1] In Iowa , paha are prominent hills that are oriented from northwest to southeast, formed during the period of mass erosion that developed the Iowan surface, and they are considered erosional remnants since they often preserve buried soils.

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