Case files concerning Rabbit Lake cases, 1948-1960.

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Case files concerning Rabbit Lake cases, 1948-1960.

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An amalgamation of several cases that involved the navigability of certain lakes and connecting streams within the Rabbit River drainage basin in Crow Wing County, and thus the ownership rights to the beds of those lakes and streams. Much of the controversy focused on determination of the natural high water levels of Rabbit Lake and surrounding lakes. Many cases involved Robert Morford Adams. Known docket numbers include 21964, 22253, 22254, 22265, 22266, and 23151.

1.5 cu. ft. (1 box and 1 partial box).

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Minnesota. Attorney General

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These cases had their genesis in a bill of complaint filed with the United States Supreme Court by the state of Wisconsin in 1922, seeking an injunction to restrain the state of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago from diverting water from Lake Michigan through the Chicago River into the Des Plaines River and ultimately the Mississippi. This linkage, completed in 1900, not only facilitated navigation between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River waterways system, but a...

Adams, Robert Morford.

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