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JONES PARK - RAINBOW BRIDGE
The first settlers entered Rock Run from the river and camped near the site
of the former electric plant in the early 1850s. Jones Park was first known as
Cobb Hill and was a cemetery in pioneer times. One of the first children to
die in Iowa Falls, the young of Samuel White, was burried there in 1853. In 1911,
pioneer L.E. Jones left this beautiful tract of timber adjoining Rock Run. In
the early years it was a popular tourist camp and in 1934, the first municipal
swimming pool was built, replaced by the an olympic sized pool in 1957. The run was
first spanned by an arched stone bridge in 1865. The present Rainbow Bridge was
built in 1935 to connect Washington Ave and Jones Park.
The aged swimming pool was replaced last year by a new pool and water park.
The Meyer Aquatic Center features water slides,
diving boards, a children's play area, lap swimming and a zero-depth entry.
A new pool was needed because repairs on the 43 year old pool would have been
too costly. The porous pool was loosing about 25,000 gallons of water a day.
The new pool was named after their major benefactor. The Meyer family of rural Iowa Falls plunged in for
$300,000 for the aquatic center.
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