Drought at Split Rock Park in the 1980’s

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Though it’s been very dry this season, we have had two decent thunderstorms over the last few weeks. If you want to talk dry though, Gordon Aaker brought a few photos into the Gazette offices from the 1980’s of what Split Rock Park looked like during the worst of the droughts from that time.

1980 drought
1980 drought
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