• Buck Creek State Park in Ohio contains a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam and reservoir, an early 19th-century homestead, and patches of original prairie?

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Mary Jane Thurston State Park

• a schoolteacher from the U.S. state of Ohio donated the first 14 acres (5.7 ha) of Mary Jane Thurston State Park, named in her honor?

Independence Dam State Park

• Independence Dam State Park in Defiance County, Ohio, is named for a dam built for the Miami and Erie Canal and features some of the canal's ruins?

Cowan Lake State Park

• William Smalley, the first settler in the area of Cowan Lake State Park in Ohio, was held captive by the Lenape twice, for a total of 6 years and 7 months?

Alum Creek State Park

• Alum Creek in Alum Creek State Park in Ohio was a major path on the Underground Railroad?

Quail Hollow State Park

• the land that became Quail Hollow State Park was owned by only two families between 1820 and its sale to Ohio as a park in 1975?

Beaver Creek State Park

• Beaver Creek State Park in Ohio, USA, is home to both Little Beaver Creek, a National Scenic River, and a restored 1837 mill?

Delaware State Park

• Delaware State Park is not in the U.S. state of Delaware but rather in Ohio?

Jackson Lake State Park (Ohio)

• Jackson Lake State Park in Ohio, USA, is now the location of a thriving second growth forest, but was once home to the iron, coal and salt industries?

Adams Lake State Park

• the lake in Adams Lake State Park was built as a water source for West Union, Ohio, and became the focus of the new park in 1950, when a new water source was developed?