State Parks of Wisconsin 



Metropolitan Improvements Commission, 



20 Beacon Street. 



Boston, January 9, 1 909. 

 Mr. John Nolen, 



1382 Massachusetts Avenue, 

 Harvard Square, 



Cambridge, Mass. 

 Dear Mr. Nolen: — I am glad to get your letter in relation to the 

 State Park work for Wisconsin. It is an immensely important work, 

 and one whose value the entire population of Wisconsin will appre- 

 ciate and will be more and more proud of as the years go on, should 

 your recommendations be realized. The example of Massachusetts 

 in its State Reservations and forestry work, complemented by the ad- 

 mirable efforts of the Trustees of the Public Reservations, is worth 

 considering in this connection. 



From what I have read of Wisconsin, it strikes me that in its scen- 

 ery, and largely in the character of its population, it must be the New 

 England of the West, and in establishing the reservations or State 

 Parks you recommend, perhaps it will pave the way towards achiev- 

 ing a historic position similar to that which New England now holds 

 in its reputation for enlightened policy. 



Most sincerely yours, 



Sylvester Baxter, 



Secretary. 



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