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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

28 Apr 2013

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

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Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

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Apr 28, 2013

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5

Time Machine Look Back at Palisades Kepler Park History

Diane Langton recounts Palisades Kepler State Park and nearby Minott's Cave once home to Capt. James Sherman Minott and later innkeepers Charley Meyer and Louis Kepler. The piece notes early settlement, the river resort era, the 1922 park creation, and iconic visitors like Carl Sandburg and Clyde Tull.

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Minott Palisades- Kepler State Park James Sherman Minott Iowa Mount Vernon Lower Palisades Palisades Ivanhoe Charley Meyer Rock View Meyer Carl Sandburg Cornell College Cornell Clyde Tull Jewell Tull Diane.langton Sourcemedia.net
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Palisades Kepler State Park History in Eastern Iowa

A historical timeline recounts Palisades Kepler State Park in Iowa from 1927 onward. It covers Kepler memorial land acceptance, name changes, Civilian Conservation Corps construction including a dam on the Cedar River, lodge and ski operations, budget strains, and park evolution to its 840 acre present state with recreation activities.

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Meyer Louis Kepler Kepler Palisades-Kepler State Park Civilian Conservation Corps Highway 30 Mount Vernon Corps Cedar River Ingleside Jerry Kann Conservation Commission Kann Macbride State Park Highway 261 Iowadar. Gov Palisades-Kepler
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