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Show Newly improved Palisades State Park May . 1!K I V ram id Recreation Issue Page Tventy-on- e provides ideal spot for family picnics Families can picnic and camp at along with the beach, a new well drilled for culinary and irrigation water; 4.5 acres of grass and hundreds of trees planted; and roads around the perimeter of the park offers fishing, hiking, swimming and asphalted. horseback riding as well as camping The lake is closed to and picnic facilities. motorized boats, but it is a pleasant A sandy beach recently setting for swimming, canoeing, developed on the north side of fishing, and other quiet water acPalisades Lake offers travelers and tivities. A nine-hol- e golf course is vacationeers clean, peaceful adjacent to the park. newly refurbished Palisades State Park in south Sanpete County. Located just north of Sterling and one mile east, Palisades state Park 600-fo- ot surroundings for family-oriente- d Palisades State Park was founded activities. The area provides a campground with modern rest rooms, showers, and sewage dump 24-un- it by one of Sanpetes early settlers, Daniel B. Funk. He selected a site for what was called Funks Lake in a valley belonging to Chief Arropine and the Sanpitch Indians. Wishing to avoid a conflict with average the park each year. Recent im- them, Funk sought approval of the provements to the park include project from Brigham Young, the stations. of 35,000 people visit An territorial governor, and Young used his influence with the Indian Chief to obtain a deed on the valley and construction began in 1873. Water diverted into the valley, flooded 70 acres to a depth of 20 feet. A dance hall was constructed and boats built for use on the lake. Funks efforts to beautify the resort included the planting of shade and fruit trees. In the winter, blocks of ice were cut from the lake and stored until summer for the making of ice cream which sold for five cents a heaping plate. Funks Lake was renamed-PalisadPark in the 1920s and in 1962 it became a State Recreation Area. The area was rededicated Aug. 13, 1983 after an additional $240,000 was spent refurbishing the facility. 4? y Vn 2 " v v : ' . "ifk 7 ZI W' v ? f:. V y ? . , V. O'v vV; - 4.. mm v e Patten House in Manti houses historical exhibits from the area. It is one of several collections of historical memorbilia in the county, including the Fairview Museum and the Mt. Pleasant Relic Hall. Tours of Patten House and will be are available by appointment (Call Manti City Hall open during the Mormon Miracle Pageant from 3 until 7 :30 p.m. iWWiOOOOOOOOOoririfififtiTftnirrriwwwwwww L WELCOME TO J teJLSS MANTI CDTTV Sanpete County Seat A SUMMER FULL JULY ONE MILE EAST OF STERLING PoSt&odeo Gct Ccuue f -- Hute ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PALISADE LAKE OPEN EVERY DAY Club Houst-Sft- sck h3c 0H Cuursu Ecr-Go- lfing Supplies with Games, Programs, Fun, Food Fireworks MORMON MIRACLE PAGEANT bz 1, 12-1- 4 - 17-2- 1 SANPETE COUNTY FAIR AUGUST 20-2- 5 jj - 4 An Old Fashioned 4th Is Planned JULY - OF EVENTS 7.7 s. . Until ti- |