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Introduction |
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Wildcat Den State Park: A Historical Perspective |
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by Ken Hyman |
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The Demise of Benjamin Nye |
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from the Iowa
Democratic Enquire, March 6, 1852 |
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Devonian Rocks Of
Wildcat Den State Park |
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by Brian J. Witzke and Bill J. Bunker |
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Pennsylvanian Rock Strata at Wildcat Den State Park, Muscatine County, Iowa |
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by Greg A. Ludvigson and Brian J. Witzke |
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Quaternary Geologic History of Wildcat
Den State Park |
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by E. Arthur
Bettis III |
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Archaeology of Wildcat Den State Park,
Muscatine County, Iowa |
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by Susan R.
Snow |
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The Vegetation of Wildcat Den State Park |
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by John Pearson |
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Wildlife at Wildcat Den State Park |
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adapted from Wildcat
Den State Park Ecosystem Management Plan |
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FIELD TRIP STOPS |
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Stop
1: Introduction to the Natural
History of Wildcat Den State Park |
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Stop
2: Geology and Archaeology of the
Rock Shelter North of the Brandt Memorial |
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by Susan R. Snow, Greg A.
Ludvigson, and Brian J. Witzke |
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Stop 3: Geology of the Cherokee Group Sandstone at Steamboat Rock Sandstone Bluff and the Archaeology of Graffiti in the “Fat Man’s Squeeze |
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by Susan R. Snow, Greg A.
Ludvigson, and Brian J. Witzke |
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Stop
4: Exposure of Caseyville
Formation Shale |
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by Greg A. Ludvigson and Brian J.
Witzke |
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Stop
5: Cherokee Group Sandstones,
Cross-Bedding, and Liesegang at the
Devil’s Punchbowl |
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Greg A. Ludvigson, Brian J. Witzke,
and Robert M. McKay |
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Stop
6: The Vegetation of Wildcat Den
State Park |
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by John Pearson |
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Stop
7: Devonian Strata Exposed Beneath the Bridge on the North End of the
North Picnic Area |
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Brian J. Witzke and Bill J. Bunker |
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Stop 8: Exposure of Caseyville Formation Shale Along Pine Creek |
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by GregA. Ludvigson and Brian J. Witzke |
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Stop 9: Pine Creek Grist Mill,
Wildcat Den State Park |
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by Ken Hyman and Susan R. Snow |
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Stop
10: Devonian Strata Exposed Near
the Pine Creek Grist Mill |
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by Brian J. Witzke and Bill J.
Bunker |
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Stop 11. Selected Elements of the Park’s Quaternary History |
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by E. Arthur Bettis III |
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Stop 12. Continued Discussion of Selected Elements of the Park’s Quaternary History |
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by E. Arthur Bettis III |
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Stop
13: The Nye Cemetery |
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by Susan R. Snow and Raymond R.
Anderson |
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