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	Maplewood Site
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Fall colors at Maplewood State Park
Location	Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Nearest city	Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
NRHP reference No.	78001555
Added to NRHP	December 18, 1978

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Maplewood State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, near Pelican Rapids. The park preserves a pre-contact habitation site that was occupied in two different periods (650–900 CE and 1450–1650 CE) in a forest/prairie transition zone. Located in the Leaf Mountains, Maplewood encompasses 9,250 acres (3,740 ha) in Otter Tail County and is known for its hardwood trees including sugar maple, basswood, American elm, and oak, which together provide a display of fall colors each year.

It became a state park in 1965, and an archeological site within the park, the Maplewood Site, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Popular culture[edit]

Jim Fletcher, the author of The Lore Adventure Trilogy, built several small villages with the help of students of the Pelican Rapids High School and other local people. Several of these villages are placed in Maplewood State Park. One is accessible by a hiking trail, while another is located inside one of the lakes. Those are two of the known locations, while there may be many others inside of Maplewood.

Gallery[edit]

A lone flower rests among the park's fall leaves
Vegetation cover map of Maplewood State Park

References[edit]

Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide. St. Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780873514484.
"Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County, MN". Archived from the original on December 7, 2006.
"The Lore Adventure".

External links[edit]

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-'''Maplewood State Park''' is a [[Minnesota]] [[List of Minnesota state parks|state park]] near [[Pelican Rapids, Minnesota|Pelican Rapids]]. The park preserves a pre-contact habitation site that was occupied in two different periods (650-900 CE and 1450-1650 CE) in a forest/prairie [[ecotone|transition zone]].  Located in the [[Leaf Mountains]], Maplewood encompasses 9,250 acres (36 km²) in [[Otter Tail County]] and is known for its hardwood trees including [[sugar maple]], [[basswood]], [[American elm]], and [[oak]], which together provide a stunning display of fall colors each year.
+'''Maplewood State Park''' is a [[state park]] of [[Minnesota]], United States, near [[Pelican Rapids, Minnesota|Pelican Rapids]]. The park preserves a pre-contact habitation site that was occupied in two different periods (650–900 CE and 1450–1650 CE) in a forest/prairie [[ecotone|transition zone]].  Located in the [[Leaf Mountains]], Maplewood encompasses {{convert|9250|acre|ha}} in [[Otter Tail County, Minnesota|Otter Tail County]] and is known for its hardwood trees including [[sugar maple]], [[basswood]], [[American elm]], and [[oak]], which together provide a display of fall colors each year.
-It became a state park in 1965, and due to an [[archaeology|archeological site]] within the park, the Maplewood Site, was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.
+It became a state park in 1965, and an [[archaeology|archeological site]] within the park, the '''Maplewood Site''', was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1978.
-==Popular Culture==
+==Popular culture==
-Jim Fletcher, the author of The Lore Adventure Trilogy, built several small villages with the help of both students of the Pelican Rapids High School, and other local people. Several of these villages are placed in Maplewood State Park. One is accessible by a hiking trail, while another is located inside one of the lakes. Those are two of the known locations, while there maybe many others inside of Maplewood.
+Jim Fletcher, the author of ''The Lore Adventure Trilogy'', built several small villages with the help of students of the Pelican Rapids High School and other local people. Several of these villages are placed in Maplewood State Park. One is accessible by a hiking trail, while another is located inside one of the lakes. Those are two of the known locations, while there may be many others inside of Maplewood.
+==Gallery==
-Jim Fletcher also is an artist, and he was choosen to paint a mural onto one of the walls in Pelican Rapids High School. The artist told a friend that the mural was a hint to where one of his villages was hidden. The mural is not visible to the public, for that part of the school is dangerous.
+<gallery>
+File:Beauty at the Park.jpg|A lone flower rests among the park's fall leaves
+File:Maplewood State Park Wiki Version.JPG|Vegetation cover map of Maplewood State Park
+</gallery>
 ==References==
-* {{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide|last=Nord|first = Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|location=St. Paul, Minnesota|date=2003}}
+* {{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota: A Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord|url-access=registration|last=Nord|first = Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|location=St. Paul, Minnesota|year=2003|isbn=9780873514484 }}
-* {{cite web|title=Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County, MN|url=http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/maplewood/}}
+* {{cite web|title=Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County, MN |url=http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/maplewood/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207031754/http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/maplewood/ |archive-date=2006-12-07 }}
 * {{cite web|title=The Lore Adventure|url=http://www.loreadventure.com/navigate.htm}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/maplewood/ Maplewood State Park photos and information]
+{{commons category|Maplewood State Park}}
+{{coord|46.533570|-95.949219|display=title}}
-*[http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/maplewood/narrative.html Maplewood State Park website]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061207031754/http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/maplewood/ Maplewood State Park photos and information]
+*[https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/park.html?id=spk00229 Maplewood State Park website]
+{{Protected areas of Minnesota}}
-[[Category:Minnesota state parks]]
-[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota]]
+{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}
-[[Category:Protected areas of Otter Tail County, Minnesota]]
+{{authority control}}
-{{Registered Historic Places}}
-{{Protected Areas of Minnesota}}
+[[Category:1963 establishments in Minnesota]]
-{{Minnesota-NRHP-stub}}
+[[Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota]]
+[[Category:Protected areas established in 1963]]
+[[Category:Protected areas of Otter Tail County, Minnesota]]
+[[Category:State parks of Minnesota]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Otter Tail County, Minnesota]]

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