Download or read book Okoboji and the Iowa Great Lakes written by Jonathan M. Reed and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generation after generation, families of vacationers have returned to northwestern Iowa's Okoboji and the Iowa Great Lakes for summertime rest and recreation. From the earliest pioneer days to the Spirit Lake Massacre to the first rustic outdoorsmen's accommodations, this deep glacial lake and its sister prairie lakes have been embraced by visitors for more than 150 years. Slow growing until rail service in 1882, the area saw investment in the form of the Orleans, the grandest hotel west of the Mississippi, which was demolished a scant 15 years later. By then, though, word had gotten out, and Lake Okoboji's wooded bluffs and sandy beaches became places of quiet repose for vacationers. Resorts of all sizes drew the wealthy and modest alike. Among the area's attractions were Arnolds Park Amusement Park; the Roof Garden; the Casino, Central, and Inn ballrooms; thrilling boat rides; skating; and summertime "bathing" in the revitalizing waters. Now largely given over to private residences of all sizes, the many marinas and public areas still draw summertime visitors intent on forging their own indelible memories.
Download or read book Atlas of the Iowa Great Lakes written by Spirit Lake beacon, Spirit Lake, Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of the Spirit Lake Massacre and Captivity of Miss Abbie Gardner written by Abbie Gardner-Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on West Okoboji Lake Dickinson County Iowa written by and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Death Boat written by Lloyd B. Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twilight of a summer evening, on a bustling Iowa lake in 1929, two speedboats collided. Nine people were killed, and boating in the state was changed forever. "The Death Boat" is the story--told in detail as never before--of the crash on West Lake Okoboji in northwestern Iowa. One boat, Zipper, had been a prime attraction at Arnolds Park, an amusement park and entertainment mecca on the water that drew vacationers from across the country. The other, Miss Thriller,was a newcomer to the lake touted as the fastest boat in the world carrying passengers for hire. Friction, even sabotage, ensued as the boat operators competed to become king of the lake. The rivalry ended in disaster. Within hours, before the last passenger's body had been brought to shore, questions swirled: Had Miss Thriller's, captain been careless? Did the inexperience of the other pilot cause the collision? Did the bitter rivalry figure in the deadly encounter? And finally, would the recovery of Miss Thriller, from its resting place 96 feet deep in West Lake Okoboji reveal the accident's cause? The enduring mysteries of the crash long have remained in the dark, much like Miss Thriller, after she sank into the depths of West Lake Okoboji. "The Death Boat" pieces together accounts that shed light on those mysteries.
Download or read book Okoboji Wetlands written by Michael J. Lannoo and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1996-05-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa is the jewel of the Iowa Great Lakes. A region of wetlands formed by prairie potholes, the area is rich with lakes, sloughs, fens, creeks, prairies, and kettleholes. In this readable and beautifully illustrated volume, Michael Lannoo presents an extensive natural history of Okoboji and its cherished wetlands that examines that world of our grandparents, compares it to today's world, and extrapolates to the world of our grandchildren.
Download or read book The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory at Lake Okoboji written by University of Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Iowa Lakeside Laboratory on West Okoboji Lake June 14 August 21 1937 written by University of Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by Okoboji Protective Association and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Limnological Reconnaissance of West Okoboji written by Edward Asahel Birge and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost Resorts of the Iowa Great Lakes written by Jonathan Reed and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the first rustic vacation retreat for hunters and fishermen was built in 1871, Okoboji and the Iowa Great Lakes have been a drawing card for families, generation after generation. Over the decades, dozens of vacation resorts, from the magnificent Hotel Orleans on Big Spirit Lake to the iconic Inn on West Okoboji, have lured happy summertime visitors. Just mentioning the name of a resort often evokes memories of swimming, boating, fishing, waterskiing, or just good times spent with friends and family. However, most of these vacation resorts are now gone--The Inn, Manhattan Beach Hotel, Templar Park, and Crandall's Lodge have all been demolished. Vacation Village has become Village West, and the Crescent Beach resort, which at one time boasted over 100 apartments or cottages, now has fewer than 30 motel-style units. Gone too are dozens of friendly mom-and-pop cottage resorts all around the lakes, replaced by condominiums and private residences.
Download or read book A Topographical Survey of the Spirit and Okoboji Lakes Region written by Howard Carlton Ford and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unmasked written by Emily Mendenhall and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town. The story is both personal and political. Author Emily Mendenhall, an anthropologist at Georgetown University, grew up in Okoboji, and her family still lives there. As the events unfolded, Mendenhall was in Okoboji, where she spoke formally with over 100 people and observed a community that rejected public health guidance, revealing deep-seated mistrust in outsiders and strong commitments to local thinking. Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities. This book is the recipient of the 2022 Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize from Vanderbilt University Press for the best book in the area of art or medicine.
Download or read book The Wrecks of West Lake Okoboji written by Lloyd B. Cunningham and published by . This book was released on 2022-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hidden beneath the surface of West Lake Okoboji lie the remains and former resting places of some of the most famous launches ever to sail her waters.Miss Thriller, known in the 1920s as the fastest passenger boat in the country, was hit in the dark and sunk by the launch Zipper in 1929. Nine of her 15 passengers died in the accident. Hazel Dell burned to the waterline and sank in Smiths Bay in 1927 after a gasoline explosion caught the launch on fire. Her pilot and passengers, some badly burned, were rescued by responding boaters. And the water taxi Number 30 was sent to the bottom north of Gull Point in 1946 when Isabel II rammed her in the dark so hard that 13 people were thrown into the water. All 13 survived.The Wrecks of Okoboji tells those stories and more. It explains why a 15-foot wooden tower is sitting on the bottom of Browns Bay. It offers an explanation for why 147 feet of railroad tracks were laid across the lake bottom north of Terrace Park Beach. And it explains how a 1935 Ford truck found its way to the bottom of Cass Bay in the winter of 1948. Diver, researcher and writer Lloyd B. Cunningham, author of The Death Boat, a complete telling of the story of Miss Thriller, also writes about the history of diving West Lake Okoboji. Beginning with the first diver, Captain H.H. Thompson of Duluth, Minnesota, who reached 96 feet into the lake in the summer of 1930, he shares the personal accounts of the daring divers of the late 1930s, '40s and early '50s who explored the lake in homemade helmets before the advent of scuba diving. And finally, in photographs, graphics and eyewitness accounts, Cunningham takes you along with the divers who have raised launches from the bottom of the lake, two of which are on display in the Iowa Great Lakes Maritime Museum, and the pilots of the submarines that have explored the waters of the most popular dive site in the Midwest, West Lake Okoboji.
Download or read book Missouri Fishing Map Guide written by Sportsman's Connection and published by Sportsman's Connection. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newly updated for 2016, the Missouri Fishing Map Guide is a thorough, easy-to-use collection of detailed contour lake maps, fish stocking data, and the best fishing spots and tips from area experts. Fishing maps, detailed area road maps and exhaustive fishing information for lakes across the state are provided in this handy eBook. All of Missouri's largest reservoirs, including some of the worlds finest fishing waters, are included. All lakes over 500 acres, at a fraction of the cost of individual maps. Whether you’re taking in the scenery while you bass fish on Mark Twain Lake, cast for stripers on Lake of the Ozarks or plan a fishing and camping weekend on Lake Wappapello, you'll find all the information you need to enjoy a successful day out on the water on one of Missouri’s many excellent fisheries. Know your waters. Catch more fish with the Missouri Fishing Map Guide.
Download or read book Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the State University of Iowa written by University of Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Plant Geography of the Lake Okoboji Region written by Bohumil Shimek and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
