YESTERDAY, A BEAUTIFUL DAY , AND A VISIT TO LAKEHURST DAM ON THE MAQUOKETA RIVER!
SEVERAL WERE FISHING WHEN WE ARRIVED. AND, SINCE I HAD MY CAMERA
ALONG, TOOK A FEW PHOTOS.
THE ELECTRIC GENERATING DAM IS OWNED BY A WISCONSIN FIRM AND
THEY HAVE 3 IN IOWA. MAQUOKETA IS THE LARGEST OF THE 3 AND NEXT IN SIZE, IOWA FALLS AND THE SMALLEST IS AT ANAMOSA. PETE AND JUDY
SCHULTZ OVERSEE ALL THREE AND LIVE IN THE HOME NEXT TO THE
LAKEHURST DAM. THEY CAME DOWN FROM WISCONSIN ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO.
I TALKED TO BOTH. A NICE COUPLE! ALSO A 12 YEAR OLD PONY AND A DOG AND ABOUT A DOZEN GRANDKIDS. AND, I WAS HAPPY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY NOW ALLOW PEOPLE TO WALK ON THE DAM TO THE OTHER SIZE. WHEN
YOU WALK ACROSS, YOU CAN NOT STOP....YOU HAVE TO KEEP WALKING WITHOUT STOPPING TO THE OTHER SIDE AND THE SAME, COMING BACK.
WHEN YOU ARRIVE AT LAKEHURST DAM, THE PARKING AREA AND THE AREA TO RIGHT IS OWNED BY JOE AND DARLENE COX. THEY HAVE DONE A NICE
JOB OF CLEANING UP THE AREA, AND CLEARING SOME TREES. THEY ARE
IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING ON THE OLD LAKEHURST SUPPER CLUB FOUNDATION. THE SUPPER CLUB BURNED DOWN MANY YEARS AGO. YOU'LL RECALL, RED AND BERNICE HENTON AND FAMILY RAN IT FOR AWHILE. YOU'LL SEE A PHOTO BELOW OF THE BUILDING GOING UP.
THE PHOTOS BELOW......
#1 IS OF THE BACK SIDE OF THE DAM.
#2 THIS ROPED AREA KEEPS BOATS COMING DOWN RIVER FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE DAM.
#3 LOOKING AT THE MAQUOKETA RIVER DOWNSTREAM FROM THE DAM.
#4 GOOD SHOT OF THE DAM FROM THE PARKING AREA WHEN YOU ARRIVE.
#5 AFTER CROSSING THE DAM, LOOKING ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE PARKING
AREA.
#6 THIS IS PHOTO OF THE FOUNDATION FROM THE VERY FIRST DANCE HALL
THAT WAS THERE AND A VERY POPULAR PLACE. IT BURNED DOWN! IT
STOOD WHERE YOU PARK NOW. I THINK LAWRENCE WELK'S BAND MIGHT
HAVE PLAYED THERE. THE AMERICAN LEGION BUILDT A SECOND DANCE HALL ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS TO THE SOUTH AND IT EVENTUALLY WAS SOLD BY THE LEGION AND WAS RENAMED THE LAKEHURST SUPPER CLUB. AS I MENTIONED, IT TOO BURNED DOWN.
#7 HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEW BUILDING JOE AND DARLENE ARE PUTTING
UP ON THE FORMER FOUNDATION OF THE LAKEHURST SUPPER CLUB.
#8 ANOTHER GOOD SHOT OF THE DAM.
#9 LOOKING ACROSS ONE END OF THE DAM, FROM THE OTHER SIDE, LOOKING
TOWARD THE CARETAKER'S HOME.
#10 ANOTHER PHOTO OF THE RIVER AND THE OTHER SIDE. UP ON THE CLIFF
FROM THERE, A NICE NEW HOME WAS BUILDT LESS THAN 10 YEARS AGO AND IT OVERLOOKS THE LAKEHURST DAM AND RIVER. THE OWNER GETS TO IT
FROM THE CAVES ROAD.
NEXT TIME YOU VISIT MAQUOKETA....TAKE SOME TIME TO VISIT LAKEHURST
DAM.
DENNIS VOY