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Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park is a state park of Minnesota, US, northeast of Faribault just outside the small town of Nerstrand.The park derives its name from the Big Woods, a large, contiguous forested area covering much of southeast Minnesota prior to the 1840s, when European settlers began to establish farms in the territory, [2] and from Nedstrand in Tysvær, Norway, [3] of which ...
The routes, the southern Great White Way and northern River-to-River Road, eventually merged into the Whiteway-7-Highway. The new route followed the Great White Way from Council Bluffs to Des Moines and the River-to-River Road from Des Moines to Davenport. [13] In 1926, the Whiteway-7-Highway became US 32, which itself became US 6 in 1931. [2]
This is a list of 63 state parks and recreation areas in Iowa. These state parks of the U.S. state of Iowa can be split into two groups based on management. The first group are those state parks managed by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
U.S. Highway 63 was designated along Primary Roads No. 13, 24, and 2, which was the Daniel Boone Trail from Missouri to Des Moines. [6] Once the U.S. Highway System was established, the automobile association-sponsored roads gradually disappeared. [8] A map of Iowa's U.S. Highways as laid out in 1926
Iowa Highway 141 (Iowa 141) is an east–west highway in the western and central portions of the state. It is the most direct link between Sioux City and Des Moines . It also serves as an expressway link between Des Moines and the outlying communities of Perry , Granger , and Grimes .
Nerstrand (/ ˈ n ɪər s tʃ r æ n d / NEER-schrand) [4] is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. [ 5 ] Minnesota State Highway 246 serves as a main route in the community.
I‑235 crossing the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa The Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge carrying I‑235 across the Des Moines River The I‑480 bridge over the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Downtown Omaha, Nebraska
In 1933, the State of Iowa opened the Dragoon Trail, a scenic and historic drive along the Des Moines River.. The trail follows the path of the 1st U. S. Dragoons, the country's first mounted infantry unit, on their historic march in the summer of 1835, to scout Iowa after the Black Hawk Purchase of 1832 put the area under U.S. control.