The oldest state park in Iowa marks 100 years in operation

July 27, 2020 Carol Kuster State News 0

Iowa’s very first state park celebrated its centennial over the weekend. Backbone State Park is located in the valley of the Maquoketa River near Strawberry Point in northeast Iowa’s Delaware County. Longtime Manchester resident Mike Carr was among the dignitaries at the event, as he’s the grandson of E.M. Carr. “They are blood ties, believe […]