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In 1965, the Illinois General Assembly named the area after William W. Powers. [1] Powers had been a Chicago alderman on the Chicago City Council and Illinois General Assembly legislator in the 1920s, and used the site for picnics to feed the needy during the Great Depression. [3] The park also has a military history.
Santa Clara County bought 490 acres for $4 million to expand Mt. Madonna County Park. [8] Restored Casa Grande landmark reopens at Santa Clara County Park, November, 2010. [9] 14 miles of new trails coming to Santa Clara County park. [10] Silicon Valley holdout: 287-acre farm in the heart of sprawl on the way to becoming public park. [11]
Mount Madonna County Park is one of 28 Santa Clara County Parks. [5] The 4,605-acre (1,864 ha) park surrounds the peak, with the east side facing Santa Clara Valley and the west side facing Monterey Bay. The park offers hiking and equestrian activities along its 14-mile (23 km) trail system, as well as an archery range and an amphitheater.
[4] [5] The Forest Preserve District Association was formed in 1911 after a new state law was adopted in 1909; however, the courts declared the law unconstitutional in 1911. In 1913, Illinois adopted the Cook County Forest Preserve District Act [3] that was signed by the governor and survived legal challenge. The 1913 law allowed a county board:
Martial Cottle Park is a park developed as a collaboration between the California Department of Parks and Recreation and Santa Clara County Parks. The park is located on 287.54 acres (116.36 hectares) of land in the city of San Jose, California , U.S. [ 1 ]
Henry W. Coe State Park (often known simply as Henry Coe or Coe Park) is a state park of California, United States, preserving a vast tract of the Diablo Range.The park is located closest to the city of Morgan Hill, and is located in both Santa Clara and Stanislaus counties.
Parks in Chicago — in Cook County, Illinois. Including open spaces and facilities developed and managed by the Chicago Park District . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
The Illinois state park system began in 1908 with what is now Fort Massac State Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois, becoming the first park in a system encompassing over 60 parks and about the same number of recreational and wildlife areas.