Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 252.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V37_D010_Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft.jpg
Sunday, October 27, 2013
On This Date in Minnesota History: October 27
October 27, 1849 – Itasca County, Minn., was
established on this date, taking its “name from Itasca lake, which was named by
[Henry Rowe] Schoolcraft
in his expedition to this source of the Mississippi in 1832.”
Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 252.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V37_D010_Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft.jpg
Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 252.
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PSM_V37_D010_Henry_Rowe_Schoolcraft.jpg
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