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Voters backed establishment of Miller Park in 1887 - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois newspaper) Miller Park Collection , McLean County Museum of History 40°28′04″N 89°00′17″W / 40.46778°N 89.00472°W / 40.46778; -89
The zoo was started when a circus lion cub ended up on James T. Miller's farm around 1900, and was eventually given to the city of Bloomington. [3] The lion, later named "Big Jim", died on March 26, 1912. After Big Jim's death, funds were raised to construct the Koetthoefer Animal Building by Bloomington architect Arthur L. Pillsbury.
Kickapoo State Recreation Area is an Illinois state park on 2,842 acres (1,150 ha) in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States. Located between Oakwood, Illinois and Danville, Illinois , this park is easily accessible through route I-74.
It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Bloomington in Owen County. The park receives about 640,000 visitors annually. [1] The park is 1 of 14 Indiana State Parks that are in the path of totality for the 2024 solar eclipse, with the park seeing 4 minutes and 1 second of totality. [2]
Near Big Pine Key, FL on "Scout Key", about 30 miles east of Key West. Camp Sebring: Former Scout camp near Inverness, FL. Sold in 1970s. Camp Semialachee: Former camp late 1940s to mid 1960s. Near Tallahassee, FL Camp Shands: North Florida Council: Hawthorne, FL: Active: Also known as Baden Powell Scout Reservation. Camp Soule: Greater Tampa ...
Fans Field (1902-1939) (Bloomington Baseball Park) Location: 109 E Lafayette St, Bloomington, IL 61701: Coordinates: Owner: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Operator: City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation: Capacity: 2875 (1921) Field size: 319-398-353 [1] Surface: Grass
On April 26, 1856, David Davis, William F. Flagg, and William H. Allin donated a 590-by-330-foot parcel of land to the city of Bloomington, asking that the park be “...used as a place of public resort, pastime and recreation, for citizens and strangers forever.” The original agreement called for the city to improve and ornament the park ...
State parks of Illinois (1 C, 138 P) Z. Zoos in Illinois (1 C, 10 P) ... Miller Park (Bloomington, Illinois) P. Peck Farm Park; Phillips Park (Aurora, Illinois) ...