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  2. Beeds Lake State Park - Wikipedia

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    The City of Hampton and several civic organizations bought the property the following year and presented it to the State of Iowa. The city requested that the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) develop a 258.68-acre (104.68 ha) park. The CCC worked from 1934 to 1938 developing the park. They set up camp in the Franklin County Fairgrounds.

  3. List of Iowa state parks - Wikipedia

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    Franklin County: Hampton: 319 129 [4] 1934: Beed's Lake: Surrounds a 99-acre (40 ha) reservoir crossed by a 170-foot (52 m) causeway built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Bellevue State Park: Jackson County: Bellevue: 770 310 [5] Mississippi River: Comprises two units on high river bluffs, with a nature center and butterfly garden. Big ...

  4. Iowa Department of Natural Resources - Wikipedia

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    The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (Iowa DNR or IA DNR) is a department/agency of the U.S. state of Iowa formed in 1986, charged with maintaining state parks and forests, protecting the environment of Iowa, and managing energy, fish, wildlife, land resources, and water resources of Iowa.

  5. List of nature centers in Iowa - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by Tama County Conservation in 277-acre Otter Creek Lake and Park Voas Nature Area & Museum: Minburn: Dallas: South Central: website, operated by the Dallas County Conservation Board, 372 acre park, exhibits of rocks, fossils, and minerals across the United States and around the world Wapsi River Environmental Education Center ...

  6. Guttenberg National Fish Hatchery and Aquarium Historic ...

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    They established fish rescue program along the Mississippi River in 1903 and a research station at Fairport in 1910. The development of the lock and dam system in the 1930s brought the fish rescue operations to an end because they eliminated of the backwaters that trapped them. The fish hatchery was developed at that time.

  7. Franklin Park Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    Franklin County Agriculture Society purchased 88 acres (360,000 m 2) of land two miles (3 km) east of downtown Columbus to host the first Franklin County Fair in 1852. By 1874, the Franklin County Agricultural Society agreed on the importance of this piece of land, increased the size to 93 acres (380,000 m 2), and made it the official site of ...

  8. Arthur Treacher's - Wikipedia

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    Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips is an American fast food seafood restaurant and former chain. At the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s, it had 826 stores. [1] However, as of March 2023, there were only three stand-alone Arthur Treacher's locations remaining. [2] [3] The menu offers fried seafood or chicken, accompanied by chips (French ...

  9. Franklin County, Iowa - Wikipedia

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    2022 US Census population pyramid for Franklin County from ACS 5-year estimates. The 2020 census recorded a population of 10,019 in the county, with a population density of 17.1848/sq mi (6.6351/km 2). 92.62% of the population reported being of one race. There were 4,656 housing units of which 4,141 were occupied.