MO-Stockton+Lake+and+State+Park

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Stockton Lake and SP
Coordinates: 37.6174949, -93.7514877 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Cedar Ridge Campground
Coordinates: 37.580414, -93.6855183 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Crabtree Cove Campground
Coordinates: 37.6675842, -93.7559938 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Crabtree Cove Trail
Coordinates: 37.6673464, -93.7476897 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Dam
Coordinates: 37.691913, -93.758705 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Orleans Trail Public Use Area
Coordinates: 37.6582078, -93.7877727 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Stockton Park Public Use Area
Coordinates: 37.6812051, -93.7887919 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Twin Bridges
Coordinates: 37.5380439, -93.8012695 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

Stockton Lake--Aldrich Arm
Coordinates: 37.5531516, -93.5837746 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Stockton Lake
The area around what is now Stockton State Park has a long and rich history. Archaeological evidence found in the area indicates that man occupied the Sac River valley as long ago as 10,000 years. Burial mounds, village sites, and campsites from several different cultures of prehistoric man have been discovered. A group known as the Dalton culture, primarily hunters and gatherers, were the first people to inhabit the area. As the climate and vegetation changed, so did the inhabitants.

When the French first explored the region in the 17th century, the Osage Indians controlled much of the area. In the last part of the 18th century, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Choctaw Indians began to filter into the Osage Indian land from the southeast due to pressure from European settlers. In 1808, the United States acquired the land with the signing of a treaty between the Osage Indian chief and representatives of the government.

The first permanent settlements in the area were established in the 1830s. Stockton became the county seat of Cedar County in 1846. The town was first named Lancaster, later changed to Fremont and then to Stockton in 1859 in honor of a Mexican War commander, I.F. Stockton. Stockton has earned the distinction as the Black Walnut Capital of the World and celebrates by hosting the Black Walnut Festival each year in September.

Located on the gently rolling Springfield plateau, the Stockton area is surrounded by rugged Ozark hills to the east and tallgrass prairie to the west. Characteristics of both landscapes still can be found in the Stockton area. Although much of the area has been cleared for farming, the land still supports remnants of oak-hickory forests with an understory of red cedar, honey locust, dogwood, and redbud.

The 24,900-acre Stockton Lake was created when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed a dam across the Sac River near Stockton in 1970. Since that time, the lake has become a favorite spot for fishing, swimming, skiing, scuba diving and especially sailing. The open topography of the area allows a dependable southwest breeze perfect for sailing. From Stockton State Park Website

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