Quail Hollow State Park
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Quail Hollow Park is a 703-acre (284 ha) county park in Stark County, Ohio, in the United States. The park was opened to the public in 1975. It was previously a privately owned family farm and later a hunting camp. Quail Hollow Park is open for year-round recreation and features trail that are open to hiking, mountain biking and cross-country skiing, a small pond for fishing and ice skating as well as group camping (advance reservation only) and picnic facilities.[2]
History
The land in and around Quail Hollow Park was inhabited by various Native American tribes. The last tribe to call the area home before being forced out by the encroachment of Anglo-American settlers in the Ohio Country were the Lenape, also known as the Delaware.[2]
The first permanent settler in the area was Conrad Brumbaugh. He cleared some land and began farming in the area in 1820. The homestead remained in the Brumbaugh family until 1914, when it was purchased by Harry Bartlett Stewart. Stewart was the
Harry Stewart passed the land onto his son, Harry Bartlett Stewart, Jr. The Stewarts continued to improve the buildings on the Minnie Taylor farm. The original house was expanded into what they called a manor with Greek Revival and Federal architecture influences.[2]
The Stewarts remained at Minnie Taylor farm until 1975 when the sold it to the state of Ohio for half the appraised value. The land was purchased from the Stewarts with financial help from the United States Department of the Interior. Quail Hollow State Park was established on May 15, 1975. It became Quail Hollow Park in 2016, when the State of Ohio and the Stark County Park District made an agreement for Stark Parks to manage the park as part of the county park district.[2]
Ecology
Quail Hollow Park is in a rich
One of these kettle lakes has shrunk into what is best classified as a
Recreation
Quail Hollow Park is open for year-round recreation. There is a primitive
References
- ^ a b "Quail Hollow State Park". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Quail Hollow State Park". Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
External links
- Quail Hollow Park Stark Parks
- Quail Hollow State Park Ohio Department of Natural Resources