INTRODUCTION

 

 

by Raymond R. Anderson

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STOP 1.  Vegetation of Backbone State Park- an Overview

 

 

by John Pearson

5

 

 

 

 

STOP 2.  Bedrock Geolgoy of Backbone State Park

 

 

by Brian J. Witzke .

9

 

 

 

 

STOP 3.  Quaternary Geology of Backbone State Park

 

 

by E. Arthur Bettis

19

 

 

 

 

STOP 4.  Backbone State Park:  A Songbird Refuge

 

 

 

by Lisa Hemaseth.

25

 

 

 

 

STOP 5.  Archaeolgy of Backbone State Park, Delaware County, Iowa

 

 

by William Green .

29

 

 

 

 

STOP 6.  Backbone State Park: a Historical Perspective Before the CCC

 

 

by Robert Schaut

33

 

 

 

 

STOP 7.  The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Musuem at Backbone State Park

 

 

by Robert Schaut

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