State Parks of Wisconsin 



seashore, river banks and woodland ensures to the people of the Bay 

 State for wholesome recreation a variety of well-located grounds of 

 incalculable value. 



The achievements of some other States are equally encouraging. 

 New York has a notable, even if inadequate, possession at Niagara 

 Falls, one that annually adds fame to the State; it has a great park 

 in the Adirondack Mountains; the Palisades of the Hudson, Wat- 

 kins Glen, Stony Point, and a large and beautiful tract bordering 

 the great gorge of the Genesee River, the munificent gift of William 

 Pryor Letchworth. When Governor Hughes signed the bill ac- 

 cepting Letchworth Park he described the gift as an "act of generos- 

 ity which fitly crowns a life of conspicuous public usefulness and en- 

 titles the donor to the lasting regard of his fellow citizens." Other 

 men of wealth in other States have become convinced of the peculiar 

 opportunity that such gifts of land afford for helping and blessing 

 their fellowmen. 



California, not content with the great National Parks within its 

 borders, has invested $250,000 in the 3,800 acre tract near Boulder 

 Creek styled California Redwood Park. It combines unexcelled 

 natural beauty with unrestricted freedom at an expense within the 

 means of all classes. President Jordan of Stanford University 

 writes: "The California Redwood Park is a leaf from the virgin 

 forest, a sample of the redwoods as they have been for ten thousand 

 years and one which may be preserved for all times. Besides this it 



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