Palo Alto County
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The Battle of Palo Alto (1846) was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War. The Grotto of the Redemption, the largest man-made grotto in the world, was begun by Father Paul Mattias Dobberstein in 1912.
Palo is pronounced PAY-low.
Rodman, Ruthven.
Emmetsburg, Graettinger.
Curlew, Mallard.
Ayrshire, Cylinder.
Palo Alto.
No, not Stanford. 'Twas a battle.
See Lost Island Lake.
Don't forget your fishing tackle.
Highway 18.
To Milwaukee and Wyoming.
Visit Kearny Park.
Good for camping and for swimming.
West Bend. See the Grotto.
It's so huge you won't believe it.
Father Dobberstein.
For 40 years he didn't quit.