Cole Camp and Versailles Have Broken Ground on Rock Island Trail Projects | Missouri Rock Island Trail

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Two historic central Missouri communities — Versailles and Cole Camp — celebrated major milestones Friday, October 24th, with groundbreaking ceremonies marking the next phase of development for Rock Island Trail State Park, Missouri’s 93rd and newest state park.

The twin ceremonies symbolize the growing statewide momentum behind transforming the former Rock Island Railroad corridor into a multi-use recreational trail that reconnects 23 communities.

“Today we are literally and symbolically breaking new ground,” said Rick Mihalevich, President of Friends of Rock Island Trail State Park (FoRIT). “When the trains stopped running, many of these small towns faced decline and isolation.”

Behind Mihalevich, banners from Cole Camp, Stover, Versailles, Barnett, and other Rock Island corridor towns waved in the breeze, representing the shared vision of community revival. When fully developed, the Rock Island Trail will connect with the Katy Trail to form a nearly 450-mile statewide loop, one of the most significant continuous rail-trail systems in the nation.

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Cole Camp and Versailles Have Broken Ground on Rock Island Trail Projects | Missouri Rock Island Trail