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A post office was established at Crete in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1918. [3] The community may have been named after the pet name of Lucretia, a local young woman. [ 4 ]
Falls of the Ohio State Park: Clarksville: Clark: Southern Indiana: 165 acres, visitor center museum exhibits about the park's fossil beds, natural and human history Fort Harrison State Park: Lawrence: Marion: Central Indiana: 1,700 acres, interpretive center with environmental education programs Harmonie State Park: New Harmony: Posey ...
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 ...
Indiana has 24 state parks, seven small satellite locations, eight reservoir properties, two state forest recreation areas, and two off-road riding areas managed by the Indiana State Parks System.
The central dunes, which were a large area of high and diverse dunes was removed to make way for the Bethlehem Burns Harbor Steel Plant [3] The most accessible dunes are at the West Beach facility of the national park (Dunes Succession Trail); the Tremont’s Trail in Indiana Dunes State Park, and at Mt. Baldy, located in the east end of the ...
Indiana Dunes State Park is an Indiana State Park located in Porter County, Indiana, United States, 47 miles (75.6 km) east of Chicago.The park is bounded by Lake Michigan to the northwest and is surrounded by as well as within the authorized boundaries of Indiana Dunes National Park, a unit of the National Park Service; the NPS owns the water from the ordinary high water mark to 300 feet (91 ...
The funding increased monitoring of the bacteria, E.coli, at Indiana's Lake Michigan Beaches. The presence of E.coli is potent, because the bacteria symbolizes sewage or waste contamination. To comply with the BEACH Act, the state of Indiana developed a Beach Monitoring and Notification Plan (BMNP). Prior to Indiana's BMNP, Indiana's coastal ...
It is named for Charles C. Deam, the first state forester of Indiana. [2] [3] Deam Lake State Recreation Area is adjacent to Clark State Forest. Deam Lake and the park facilities were constructed during the 1960s, opening in 1965. The park operates under a "multiple use concept." Recreational activities at the park include hiking, fishing ...