Brief History of Itasca State Park 



By General C. C. Andrews, Secretary of the Minnesota 

 State Forestry Board. 



(Continued from September Issue) 



The following further quotations from Attorney 

 General Douglas ' report will be read with interest : 



"During the spring of 1901 the Canadian govern- 

 ment presented to the State of Minnesota three beav- 

 er, which I caused to be placed in the park. They 

 have thriven, and during the past year have built 

 two dams upon a stream in the park and prepared 

 their winter quarters and food for the coming winter. 



"The roads have been perfected during the past 

 year by the Park Commissioner, who has been extreme- 

 ly efficient. 



"Approximately $1,200 was realized by the state 

 treasury from sales of down timber in the park, 

 which were made during the winter of 1902 by the 

 State Auditor, the Governor and myself. Pursuant 

 to authority conferred by Chapter 82 of the Laws of 

 1902, this amount was placed in the special building 

 fund to be used in constructing a state house in the 

 Park. Later a trespass was made by employes of 

 Messrs. Bonnes & Company, and eighty-seven thou- 

 sand feet of Norway pine situated in the park was 

 cut. I made a settlement with this firm for such 

 trespass on the basis of their paying into the state 

 treasury $11 per thousand for the pine so cut (being 

 double its market value), with the understanding that 

 the timber so cut should be left in the park. Subse- 



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