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State park in Hancock County, Illinois
Nauvoo State Park
is an
Illinois state park
on 148 acres (60 ha) in
Hancock County
,
Illinois
,
United States
near the banks of the
Mississippi River
. It contains 13-acre manmade lake named Lake Horton, the Rheinberger House Museum, and Illinois’ oldest vineyard.
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Flora and fauna
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Lake Horton is stocked with largemouth bass, channel catfish, and bluegill.
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Deer, skunks, opossum, and raccoon are among the native animals. Birds include cardinals, goldfinches, geese, ducks, and wood ducks.
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Recreation
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Fishing and boating are available on Lake Horton. Hiking and cross-country skiing are allowed on two of the park's trails.
Museum
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The Nauvoo State Park Museum is a house built by
Mormons
in the 1840s, remodeled by
Icarians
, and later owned by the
Rheinberger
family from 1850 to 1948.
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It has been staffed as a museum by the Nauvoo Historical Society since 1954.
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The restored home features a stone-arched wine cellar and a press room, and is the only Nauvoo wine cellar open to the public.
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This also is the location of Nauvoo's first vineyard, a 3-acre concord grape vineyard planted in 1851 which has been producing grapes since the mid-1800s.
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The museum itself exhibits artifacts from all periods of Nauvoo's history, including Native American, German, Mormon, Icarian, Civil War, and other artifacts.
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