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(Redirected from Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park)
'''McCroskey State Park''' (full name: '''Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park'''), is located in Benewah County, Idaho along the border of Washington State.
McCroskey State Park has a peculiar history. It was gifted to Idaho in 1955 by a local conservationist, Virgil T. McCroskey, who bought up land endangered by logging and cobbled his purchases into a 5,300-acre parcel. The Idaho legislature had reservations about the new park – thinking it would not generate enough revenue to justify the loss in taxes – and agreed to accept the gift only if McCroskey, then in his late seventies, would maintain the park at his own expense for the next fifteen years. McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly fifteen more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.
McCroskey named the park in honour of his mother, a pioneer woman who came to Eastern Washington with her husband and children to establish a homestead near Steptoe Butte.
McCroskey State Park occupies the rocky, densely forested slopes of Skyline Ridge in a transitional zone between the palouse prairie to the West and the mountains to the East. The park's chief attraction is a seventeen-mile-long primitive road called Skyline Drive, which winds through the evergreens along the ridgetop and links a scattering of interpretive signs and vista points. In addition, there are approximately thirty miles of trails open to hiking, mountain biking, and all-terrain vehicles. Picnic areas and primitive campsites are available. Since the park is large, remote, and underutilised, it provides excellent habitat for an assortment of wildlife, including deer, moose, and black bears.
The park lies about 5 miles north of Potlatch, Idaho and can be accessed from Highway 95. Prospective visitors should watch closely for a small roadsign marked "Skyline Drive" on the west side of the highway. Visitors can also access the park from Farmington road, a few miles north of Farmington, WA. Again, the only indication of the park's presence is the Skyline Drive roadsign.
★ Arksey, Laura. "McCroskey, Virgil Talmadge." ''Historylink: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History'', Essay #7989, November 5, 2006. Full Text.
★ Vogt, Andrea. "The Man Who Gave Away Mountains." ''Washington State Magazine'', 2006 (Full Text)
★ Steptoe Butte
★ Virgil T. McCroskey
★ Idaho State Parks link
'''McCroskey State Park''' (full name: '''Mary Minerva McCroskey State Park'''), is located in Benewah County, Idaho along the border of Washington State.
Eastern side of McCroskey State Park. Near Farmington, WA
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History
McCroskey State Park has a peculiar history. It was gifted to Idaho in 1955 by a local conservationist, Virgil T. McCroskey, who bought up land endangered by logging and cobbled his purchases into a 5,300-acre parcel. The Idaho legislature had reservations about the new park – thinking it would not generate enough revenue to justify the loss in taxes – and agreed to accept the gift only if McCroskey, then in his late seventies, would maintain the park at his own expense for the next fifteen years. McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly fifteen more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.
McCroskey named the park in honour of his mother, a pioneer woman who came to Eastern Washington with her husband and children to establish a homestead near Steptoe Butte.
Description
McCroskey State Park occupies the rocky, densely forested slopes of Skyline Ridge in a transitional zone between the palouse prairie to the West and the mountains to the East. The park's chief attraction is a seventeen-mile-long primitive road called Skyline Drive, which winds through the evergreens along the ridgetop and links a scattering of interpretive signs and vista points. In addition, there are approximately thirty miles of trails open to hiking, mountain biking, and all-terrain vehicles. Picnic areas and primitive campsites are available. Since the park is large, remote, and underutilised, it provides excellent habitat for an assortment of wildlife, including deer, moose, and black bears.
The park lies about 5 miles north of Potlatch, Idaho and can be accessed from Highway 95. Prospective visitors should watch closely for a small roadsign marked "Skyline Drive" on the west side of the highway. Visitors can also access the park from Farmington road, a few miles north of Farmington, WA. Again, the only indication of the park's presence is the Skyline Drive roadsign.
Online Resources
★ Arksey, Laura. "McCroskey, Virgil Talmadge." ''Historylink: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History'', Essay #7989, November 5, 2006. Full Text.
★ Vogt, Andrea. "The Man Who Gave Away Mountains." ''Washington State Magazine'', 2006 (Full Text)
See also
★ Steptoe Butte
★ Virgil T. McCroskey
★ Idaho State Parks link
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