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3 unusual facts about Richard Lieber


Indiana Dunes State Park

This was one of the first places Richard Lieber considered when establishing the Indiana State Park system.

Richard Lieber

With his twenty-man committee, he started acquiring parks, succeeding with McCormick's Creek and Turkey Run both opening on December 11, 1916, without any state funds (The Indianapolis Motor Speedway was a major private donor).

It was after a tour of Yosemite National Park in 1900 that he became a proponent of conservation.



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