State Parks of Wisconsin 



Letter from the Hon. W. D. Hoard, Ex-Governor of 



Wisconsin 



Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, January 4, 1909. 

 John Nolen, 



1 382 Harvard Square, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 

 My dear Mr. Nolen: — I have your very esteemed letter of the 

 3 1 st and I am more than pleased to send you an opinion on the value 

 of State Park reservations, and particularly their value to Wiscon- 

 sin. I v^as but slightly prepared for the revelation of natural scenic 

 beauty and the possibilities that lay w^ithin the proposed Door 

 County Park. 



I sincerely hope you may be able vv^ith other influences in the State, 

 to secure from the Legislature a liberal appropriation to this end. I 

 feel as though in some particulars, we v/ere almost at the turning 

 point in making such provision for our State, placing it vs^here it truly 

 belongs, as one of the most charming States in the Union. 



Your truly, 



W. D. Hoard. 



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