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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The title of this paper would seem to require little definition. By county parks are meant simply open grounds available for public use in rural districts, as are city parks in towns. There is nothing new in the idea; it is simply an effort to call back into public favor the once familiar public "common." This does not, however, refer simply to public land such as government land, to be claimed and plundered by the first comer, nor, indeed, to land to be used by the public indiscriminately at all, but to land devoted to public enjoyment, purely to the public happiness, a holiday ground for country-and city-folk alike.
Publication Date
1895
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
91
Last Page
95
Copyright
©1895 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
MacBride, T. H.
(1895)
"County Parks,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 3(1), 91-95.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol3/iss1/26