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Watkins Mill is a preserved woolen mill dating to the mid-19th century, located near Lawson, Missouri, United States.The mill is protected as Watkins Woolen Mill State Historic Site, which preserve its machinery and business records in addition to the building itself.
Lone Elk Park is a county park in the U.S. state of Missouri consisting of 546 acres (2.21 km 2) located in St. Louis County west of the town of Valley Park. [1] The park is located adjacent to Interstate 44, the World Bird Sanctuary, Castlewood State Park, and Tyson Research Center.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) administers hundreds of parcels of land in all counties of the state. Most areas are owned by the department; some are leased by the department; some areas are managed under contract by the department; and some areas are leased to other entities for management.
St. Louis County is also the location of two large state parks, Babler State Park with 3.8 square miles (9.8 km 2) and Castlewood State Park with 2.8 square miles (7.3 km 2). The largest state park in the region is Meramec State Park, located near Sullivan, Missouri, with 10.8 square miles (28 km 2) of parkland.
Castlewood State Park is a public recreation area and Missouri state park occupying 1,818 acres (736 ha) which straddles the Meramec River in St. Louis County, Missouri.The most visited section of the state park lies on the north side of the Meramec; the park acreage on the south side of the river is accessed from Lone Elk County Park and includes the World Bird Sanctuary.
Being a successful business graduate from St. Louis Law School, known today as Washington University in St. Louis, he had extensive investments in farm land and real estate. On August 20, 1930, Jacob Babler and his younger brother Henry Babler gave 868 acres of land to the State of Missouri, to be named the Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State park.
Rockwoods Reservation is a 1,843 acres (746 ha) state forest and wildlife conservation area in St. Louis County, Missouri. It was established in 1938, making it one of the oldest Missouri Department of Conservation areas. Being located close to a major urban area and in a rapidly developing suburban area increases its significance as a nature ...
The 564-acre park includes forest, prairie, and riparian environments. A creek in the Meramec River watershed runs north to south through the park, feeding a fishing pond at the park's southern end.