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Rufus and Amanda Black House is a historic home located in Sugar Creek Township, Hancock County, Indiana. It was built about 1870, and is a two-story, L-shaped, Italianate style brick dwelling. It features an original two-story porch. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1]
Richard Lieber was instrumental in the foundation of the Indiana State Park system. The first state park in Indiana was McCormick's Creek State Park, in Owen County in 1916, followed in the same year by Turkey Run State Park in Parke County. The number of state parks rose steadily in the 1920s, mostly by donations of land from local authorities ...
Mountain Tea State Forest - 1,153 acres (18 km 2); Perry County; Owen–Putnam State Forest - 6,589 acres (47 km 2) Pike State Forest - 4,031.5 acres (9 km 2) Ravinia State Forest - 1,500 acres (38 km 2) Salamonie State Forest – 955.8 acres (11 km 2); Meigs County; Selmier State Forest – 350.4 acres (241 km 2); Scioto and Adams Counties
Indiana State Parks (clickable map) This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 18:39 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
On May 12, 1916, a local newspaper editor suggested to an Indiana state legislator that the McCormick's Creek area would be a suitable location for a state park. German-born Indianapolis businessman Richard Lieber championed the idea of establishing a system of state parks for Indiana, and, after winning the property at auction with a bid of ...
Chesterton's park system includes several large public parks downtown and sports fields. The town is also served by the Porter County Park District and the nearby Indiana Dunes State Park. Several trails connect Chesterton with Porter and Indiana Dunes National Park (which is connected to Indiana Dunes State Park).
The only example of a Shumard's red oak-pin oak-hickory dominated stand of lowland mixed forest of any size in Indiana. Marengo Cave: 1984: Marengo: Crawford: Private One of only four show caves in Indiana, public tours of the cave have been given since 1883.
The NHLs in Indiana comprise approximately 2% of the 1,656 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana as of December 2009. The landmarks are among the most important nationally recognized historic sites in the state; the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park is one other site that has high ...