Association records, 1876-1903, 1916, 1948.

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Association records, 1876-1903, 1916, 1948.

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Records of this association committed to the preservation of Minnesota forests, observing Arbor Day, and sponsoring tree planting. The Minnesota State Forestry Association (also known as the Minnesota Forestry Association) was organized in 1876, sponsoring a tree-planting contest that year. Among the presidents of the association were Elias F. Drake, Ignatius Donnelly, John H. Stevens, and Charles M. Loring.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7315219

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Loring, Charles M. (Charles Morgridge), 1832-1922

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Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

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Farmer, editor, author, and orator. From the description of Ignatius Donnelly papers, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009547 American politician and author. From the description of Letter, 1863, Washington, D. C. [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647812376 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Washington, to President Lincoln, 1864 May. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270531076 From the description of ...

Minnesota Forestry Association

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Stevens, John H. (John Harrington), 1820-1900

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Drake, Elias Franklin, 1813-1892

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Elias Franklin Drake was a railroad president and businessman in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was born in Ohio, where he worked for a bank and as a lawyer, and served on the Ohio legislature for three terms. He moved to Minnesota in 1862, and was made president of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad in 1864. He was engaged in a variety of enterprises, including flour mills, lumbering, stone quarries, coal mines, sugar mills, farming, horse breeding, and real estate. Active in Republican politics, ...

Minnesota State Forestry Association.

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