Area 21 ha Added to NRHP 30 July 1971 | NRHP Reference # 71000299 Phone +1 712-527-9685 | |
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Address 56235 Deacon Rd, Pacific Junction, IA 51561, USA Similar Glenwood Lake Park, Lewis and Clark State Park, Lake Manawa State Park, Stone State Park | ||
Regular feeder visitors at pony creek park part 1 of 3
Pony Creek Park is a park in Oak Township, Mills County, Iowa, United States, northwest of Glenwood. Centered around the 83-acre (34 ha) Pony Creek Lake, it offers boating, picnicking, and fishing areas. Other features of the park include woods, a camping area, virgin prairie, and a viewing area for the local loess topography.
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- Regular feeder visitors at pony creek park part 1 of 3
- Regular feeder visitors at pony creek park part 3 of 3
- Davis Oriole Earthlodge
- References
The park cover 53 acres (21 ha), and is administered by Mills County. In 1971, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, because at the time it was known to contain at least two archaeologically important prehistoric Plains Indian earthen lodges, and the only ones in the region that were on public land that might be preserved.
Regular feeder visitors at pony creek park part 3 of 3
Davis Oriole Earthlodge
One of the lodges at the site, the Davis Oriole Earthlodge Site, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2012; it is one of the best-preserved lodges known of this type. It was first discovered in 1991 by D.D. Davis, an amateur archaeologist. Due to mapping errors, it was not relocated until 2008, when it was found under one of the park's main trails. The lodge measures about 40 by 26 feet (12.2 m × 7.9 m), with its surface between 35 and 50 inches (89 and 127 cm) below the modern surface. The lodge underwent a careful and minimal excavation in 2009 to confirm its integrity, yielding information about its construction, and fragments of pottery used by its inhabitants. When the lodge was abandoned, it was apparently burned, collapsing its roof and charring its walls.