The state park's 2,441 acres (988 ha) offer opportunities for hiking, picnicking, bicycling, horseback riding, and camping.

[4] He graduated from Missouri Medical College, now known as Washington University School of Medicine, in 1898, became a general surgeon, developed a large private practice in St.

This aid came in the form of designating two Civilian Conservation Camps (CCC) to be stationed within the park to develop the property.

A state bill was passed to formally accept the land and was signed by Governor Lloyd Stark on June 23, 1937.

The park was formally dedicated on October 1, 1938, at a ceremony in which Harold Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, spoke before an assembly of 3,500 guests.