Lower Lake Stone Jail Lower Lake Stone Jail Lower Lake Stone Jail, in Lower Lake, California, is a one-room jail claimed to be the smallest jail in the United States, was erected in 1876 of stone locally quarried and reinforced with iron. During the days of the first quicksilver operations of the Sulphur Bank Mine, lasting from 1873 to 1883, rapid town growth and the urgent need for civil order necessitated the building of a jail. Stephen Nicolai, one of the first stonemasons in Lower Lake, built the jail from local materials with the help of Theodore and John Copsey. The tiny jail is
Horseshoe Lake State Park City, Illinois, just a drive northeast of downtown St. Louis. Horseshoe Lake State Park Horseshoe Lake State Park is an Illinois state park in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is approximately and surrounds a large horseshoe shaped lake called Horseshoe Lake. Horseshoe Lake is the second largest natural lake in Illinois taking up approximately of the park. The park has connections to Madison County Transit's Schoolhouse Trail, which connects to over of bike trail in Madison County, and even a trail which goes all of the way to downtown St. Louis after crossing the Mississippi River on the Chain