Fourteen thousand years ago the spot on which you are standing was covered under a mile-high ice sheet. The fourth Wisconsin glacier carved the cluster of lakes into Northwest Iowa. While this north-south cut is typical of glacial lakes, West . . . — — Map (db m142094) HM
Near Circle Drive north of Miriam Lane, on the right when traveling north.
This is the site of the famous
"Spirit Lake Massacre,"
a violent conflict in March 1857 that led to the deaths of 36 settlers. Survivor Abbie Gardner (thirteen years old at the time of the massacre) returned to Arnolds Park and purchased the . . . — — Map (db m233751) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
American Indians called the Lakes Region home for thousands of years. They were enticed to the lakes for many reasons: the tallgrass prairie provided ample grazing for an abundance of buffalo and elk; the lakes were a flyway for flocks of . . . — — Map (db m142095) HM
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The pioneer settlers named below were massacred by Sioux Indians March 8 to 13 1857. This barbarous work was commenced near this spot and continued to Springfield now Jackson Minn.
Robert Clark ·
Rowland Gardner · . . . — — Map (db m82847) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
The Lakes Region was settled in the 1850's. By 1884, small towns had developed and two railroads: The Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern; and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Pal laid tracks into the area. As hotels were built around the lakes, . . . — — Map (db m142093) HM
On Lake Street, 0.2 miles north of Okoboji Grove Road.
In 1889, a water toboggan slide near this pier was the beginning of the Arnolds Park Amusement Park. Toboggans and wool swim suits could be rented by the day.
Over the next century, the area, named after pioneer developer Wesley Arnold, . . . — — Map (db m142092) HM
On Hill Avenue just south of 18th Street (U.S. 71), on the right when traveling south.
In Memoriam Honoring our Veterans of Dickinson County, both Men and Women. “America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham . . . — — Map (db m238889) WM
On Hill Avenue at 18th Street (U.S. 71), on the right when traveling north on Hill Avenue.
This property is listed in The National Register of Historic Places Iowa State Historical Department Division of Historic Preservation — — Map (db m238671) HM
On 18th Street (U.S. 71) at Hill Avenue, on the left when traveling west on 18th Street.
This tablet marks the spot where the people of this community were sheltered during the Indian Uprising of 1861 and 1862
Dedicated to the pioneer men and women of Dickinson County — — Map (db m233805) HM
Near 340th Avenue (County Highway N22) 0.3 miles north of 110th Street, on the left when traveling north.
State Line Congregation, Augustana Synod was organized April 11, 1871. A number of families had been active in the State Line Trustee District of the Estherville Lutheran Church. In 1887 these two groups organized the Union State Line Lutheran . . . — — Map (db m232785) HM
