Muscatatuck Park
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Opened 1921 as Indiana's fourth state park for its natural beauty and recreation potential. Named Vinegar Mills State Park after stone-cutting mill in park. Renamed Muscatatuck State Park 1922. Stone shelters and stairways, fire tower, trails, and retaining walls were built by Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps 1930s.
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Nearby home (built 1850) of William Read, owner of stone-cutting mill, was used as an inn by the state park. Quail were raised in park 1953-1962; park was renamed Muscatatuck State Park and Game Farm. State youth camp was started in park 1962. In 1968, park was returned to Jennings County for recreational uses 1968. Walnut Grove Schoolhouse (1913) moved here 1990.
Marker is at the intersection of Indiana Route 7 and Muscatatuck Park Entrance Road, on the left when traveling north on State Route 7.
Courtesy hmdb.org
