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are adjacent to the park. The Rev. Samuel
Pillsbury, for whom the park is named, owned the property in the 1860s. H.H. Lantz developed the property into a recreation area in the 1890s. His widow, Florence B. Lantz, and two other heirs, Miriam L. and John I. Cross, donated the property to the state of
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backs and seats with a stone base in front of them. The fifth bench is also composed of mortared rubble stone, but is vaguely U-shaped and has no base in front of it. The two sets of steps are likewise mortared rubble stone. The six concrete property boundary markers delineate the property line on
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The historic significance of the overlook is derived from its landscape-based approach to park development, which reached its peak during the 1930s. Pillsbury Point is almost entirely landscape development as there are no buildings located here. The stone benches constructed by the CCC are tucked
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in 1936. In 1940 it was reclassified again as a historic-archaeological park based on the
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1571:Crystal Lake
1566:Cold Springs
1463:Starr's Cave
1433:Savage Woods
1353:Mount Talbot
1283:Lamson Woods
1243:Hartley Fort
1163:Clay Prairie
1158:Cheever Lake
1148:Cedar Bluffs
1133:Casey's Paha
1123:Brushy Creek
1060:Yellow River
982:Wapsipinicon
977:Walnut Woods
912:Prairie Rose
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847:Marble Beach
822:Lake Wapello
797:Lake Darling
787:Lake Ahquabi
767:Green Valley
712:Brushy Creek
682:Badger Creek
616:Union Slough
481:. Retrieved
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126:95°08′29.5″W
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1801:Spirit Lake
1641:Spring Lake
1601:Lake Icaria
1591:Heery Woods
1581:Echo Valley
1551:State Parks
1413:Rock Island
1388:Pilot Grove
1378:Pecan Grove
1233:Hanging Bog
1198:Fallen Rock
1098:Berry Woods
1078:A.F. Miller
1040:Pilot Mound
1035:Loess Hills
992:Wildcat Den
972:Volga River
967:Viking Lake
962:Union Grove
937:Springbrook
887:Pikes Point
872:Okamanpedan
867:Nine Eagles
812:Lake Manawa
802:Lake Keomah
777:Honey Creek
742:Emerson Bay
664:State Parks
644:Iowa portal
611:Port Louisa
167:Established
138: /
114:Coordinates
1854:Categories
1616:Mill Creek
1576:Eagle Lake
1528:Woodthrush
1398:Retz Woods
1393:Pilot Knob
1343:Mossy Glen
957:Twin Lakes
932:Rock Creek
892:Pilot Knob
882:Pikes Peak
862:Mini-Wakan
792:Lake Anita
772:Gull Point
722:Clear Lake
717:Cedar Rock
707:Black Hawk
692:Beeds Lake
601:Neal Smith
363:References
123:43°22′03″N
1834:See also:
1749:Lake Park
1646:Swan Lake
1621:Oak Grove
1103:Bird Hill
987:Waubonsie
927:Rice Lake
902:Pine Lake
837:Lower Gar
702:Big Creek
236:Architect
231:1933-1934
159:Elevation
107:Dickinson
1561:Bobwhite
1554:(Leased)
1050:Stephens
1015:Backbone
747:Fairport
732:Elk Rock
697:Bellevue
677:Backbone
275:90001674
103:Location
1765:Milford
1338:Montauk
1025:Gifford
1020:Barkley
947:Templar
922:Red Haw
538:Federal
483:May 31,
453:May 30,
393:May 30,
313:History
1631:Pammel
1606:Kearny
1542:County
1273:Kalsow
1045:Shimek
827:Ledges
591:DeSoto
250:Rustic
1108:Bixby
1030:Holst
942:Stone
757:Geode
655:State
459:with
228:Built
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485:2016
455:2016
395:2016
332:Iowa
220:Area
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