70 OUR FEDERAL LANDS 



in 1921 in the seventeen states in which the Public 

 Domain is officially recorded. Corresponding road 

 expansion in those states where Public Lands are too 

 few and scattered for conspicuous record neverthe- 

 less open what are there to the uses of recreation as 

 well as of homesteading and business, and many of 

 these have high adaptability. 



East of Colorado, comparatively little recrea- 

 tional opportunity offers. Public Lands in Florida 

 have much delightful shore land. And there are 

 shores in Louisiana and Mississippi which will find 

 occupation in the fulness of time. Alabama's public 

 lands will offer to the future a few pleasant resorts, 

 and Arkansas with its much greater diversity has 

 many small available spots in the foothills of the 

 Ozark Mountains, sharing opportunity with the Na- 

 tional Forest. Minnesota and Wisconsin will also 

 make their lesser contributions of Public Lands to 

 the Automobile Invasion. 



On Isle Royale in Lake Superior, Michigan, 

 are 5,500 acres of Public Lands which appear des- 

 tined to pass into some permanent form of recrea- 

 tional use. The island, which is forty-five miles 

 long, has a gross area of 132,000 acres, partly in 

 state but nearly all in private ownership, the land 

 once having been thought to contain marketable cop- 

 per. It has lakes, streams and virgin forests, a Fed- 

 eral Bird Reservation, and several Light House Res- 

 ervations. Once it had moose. Enthusiasts think it 

 has National Park scenic grandeur, which we doubt. 



