Backbone Lake
by Ben Prepelka
Title
Backbone Lake
Artist
Ben Prepelka
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Backbone State Park, Iowa's first state park, was dedicated in 1920. The Backbone name dates back over 100 years and acknowledges one of the park's main features, the Devils Backbone. In the distant past, a spring fed Maquoketa River wound its way through Iowa's plains. Over time the water's relentless forces cut a large river meander through the bedrock. The neck of this meander had thinned enough to take on an appearance of a large backbone.
The Maquoketa River was dammed off in the 1930s by the Conservation Civilian Corps, creating Backbone Lake. A beach shelter, made of local stone, was also built during the 1930s, and overlooks this peaceful scene of Backbone Lake.
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November 26th, 2015
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