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Edmondson Park Pool – Oskaloosa IA

Postcard of Edmundson Park Pool, Oskaloosa IA

The Edmondson Park Swimming Pool and Bathhouse in Oskaloos IA was built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. It was one of over a dozen public swimming pools constructed in Iowa during the New Deal. The Oskaloosa pool… read more

Edmundson Park – Oskaloosa IA

An inscription on a bronze plaque on the Flag Pole (top of hill) reads on either side: West Side “This Park was made possible by a bequest to Oskaloosa by James DePew Edmundson 1936.” East Side- “How dear to my… read more