Palisades-Kepler State Park Archives - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

The Lodge

@1943-44. The Lodge. Palisades State Park. Mt. Vernon, Iowa.

Palisades Dam

@1943-44. The Dam. Palisades State Park. Mt. Vernon, Iowa. Postcard.

Palisades State Park

@October 3, 1931. Written October 3, stamped October 5th. Palisades State Park. Postcard. “Am having … Read more …

Palisades State Park

@ October 1931. Palisades State Park. Mount Vernon, Iowa.

High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

Date @1915

Unidentified Art – Mixed Media

Black and white photo, coloring over it Upper Palisades near the Ivanhoe bridge Date @1906

Screeching Sands, Lower Palisades

2282 C. U. Williams

Today's photo is not a mystery, but instead a significant event in Mount Vernon and Cornell College history - a visit from Martin Luther King Jr. on October 15, 1962. With today being MLK Day, we thought it only appropriate to share the entire file on Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit from the Cornell College archive. MLK gave a lecture to a packed house at King Chapel and the college archive has preserved photographs, programs, and letters from Dr. King's time on campus. ... See MoreSee Less

MLK Visit · Cornell College Archives

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Archive Displays and Exhibits

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

2 weeks ago

With a new year starting, take a look back at the winners of the 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards. Each winner demonstrated an excellence in preservation on a historic American building. ... See MoreSee Less

A Sense Of Place: The Winners Of The 2021 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards | National Trust for Historic Preservation

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Projects in Washington D.C., Milwaukee, and New York City took top honors in this year's Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards.

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Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

3 weeks ago

How did you ring in the New Year? Were you in bed before midnight or did you celebrate with friends like the subjects of today's Mystery Monday photo? While we don't know the occasion for such lively festivities, we'd certainly love to join the party with these unidentified merry-makers in this glass negative from 1915. ... See MoreSee Less

Party - Mount Vernon Historic Preservation Commission

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Share with your friendsPossible party with a group of friends. Possibly Cornell College students or ... Read more ...

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Palisades-Kepler State Park

The Lodge

Palisades Dam

Palisades State Park

Palisades State Park

Spring Hollow

High Water in Palisades-Kepler State Park

Lower Palisades

Unidentified Art – Mixed Media

Cedar River in the Palisades

Screeching Sands, Lower Palisades