Looking more like a flooded junkyard, rafts, resembling covered wagons, sharks, tanks, steamboats, tropical islands, and even an outhouse struggled across Gray's Lake Saturday for prizes offered by local radio station KGGO Dash FM. Dozens of the unusual rafts completed for speed and design prizes plus a trip to Disneyland. The outhouse, not among the speed of entries, finished last. Dated July 10, 1978. Dana Downie/The Register

KGGO roaring raft bash at Gray's Lake. Dated July 7, 1979. Register Archive Photo

In a few weeks, Des Moines residence may be playing on a 600 foot sand beach along this north side stretch of Gray's Lake in southwest part of city three Des Moines Tuesday announced formation of a corporation which will build a $250,000 recreation area here. They were on hand Tues

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