Looking east at Crapo Park's Lake Starker which was originally a prairie pothole and was first designed as a compacted mud-bottom lake in 1895. Later, in the 1920's it was redesigned and engineered with a hard surface bottom and walls. The 85 acre Crapo Park is a city park with arboretum and botanical garden located alongside the Mississippi River. The park was completed in 1896 through the efforts of Philip M. Crapo, a local businessman and philanthropist. The landscape engineering firm of Earnshaw & Punshon of Cincinnati, Ohio, designed the park. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. 1912 postmark. Number 12194.