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Keosauqua State Park Named Iowa's Second Largest Park
Des Moines reports Keosauqua State Park is the second largest in Iowa and the first park funded by significant land donations. It honors Major John F. Lacey with a commemorative boulder and hosts annual Lacey conservation day. The park lies in Van Buren county along the Des Moines river, featuring native wildlife, diverse trees, Indian mounds, and limestone ledges, near the C B R I & P railroad.
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Des Moines
Eace Keosauqua State Park
Keosauqua
Iowa
H. E. Blackledge
Strickling
KE. R. Marlan
Manning
John F. Lacey
Lacey
Iowa Conservation
Carol Sawyer
van Buren County
Horseshoe Bend
Des Moines River