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The Best Attractions In Prairie City

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Prairie City is a city within Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,680 at the 2010 census. It is twenty-two miles east of Des Moines.
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  • 1. Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge and Prairie Learning Center Prairie City
    The Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge is a federal national wildlife refuge located in Jasper County, Iowa, United States. The refuge, formerly known as Walnut Creek, is named after Congressman Neal Edward Smith, who championed its creation. It seeks to restore the tallgrass prairie and oak savanna ecosystems that once covered most of Iowa. It has a herd of approximately 50 buffalo and 20 elk. The core of the Neal Smith refuge was a 3,600-acre block of land originally acquired by Iowa Power and Light for a nuclear power plant. The Fish and Wildlife Service was able to acquire this land in 1990. Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has acquired about 6,000 acres much more of the allocated 11,865 acres . Although the Neal Smith refuge includes a patchwork of small and seriously degrade...
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  • 2. Adventureland Altoona Iowa
    Adventureland is a family-owned amusement park in Altoona, Iowa . It is marketed as featuring over 100 rides, shows and attractions.
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  • 3. John Wayne Birthplace & Museum Winterset
    Marion Mitchell Morrison , known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke, was an American actor and filmmaker. An Academy Award-winner for True Grit , Wayne was among the top box office draws for three decades.Born in Winterset, Iowa, Wayne grew up in Southern California. He was president of Glendale High class of 1925. He found work at local film studios when he lost his football scholarship to the University of Southern California as a result of a bodysurfing accident. Initially working for the Fox Film Corporation, he appeared mostly in small bit parts. His first leading role came in Raoul Walsh's widescreen epic The Big Trail , which led to leading roles in numerous B movies throughout the 1930s, most of them in the Western genre. Wayne's career began in 1930 with Raoul Wal...
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  • 4. High Trestle Trail Ankeny
    High Trestle Trail is a rail trail running from Ankeny to Woodward in central Iowa. The recreation trail opened on April 30, 2011. It is a paved recreational trail that runs through the Polk, Story, Boone, and Dallas counties. The trail's name is derived from a former 1913 bridge that spanned the Des Moines River between the towns of Madrid and Woodward. Conservation board directors and the Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation estimate that more than 3,000 people use this trail each week. The trail is a major component of a planned pair of 100-mile loops that will meet near Des Moines.
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  • 7. Prairie Meadows Altoona Iowa
    Prairie Meadows is a Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racetrack casino located in Altoona, Iowa, United States.
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