How I reached Lake Itasca, [undated].

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How I reached Lake Itasca, [undated].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86124594

Cooke describes his wilderness travels with the Reverend Joseph A. Gilfillan, an Episcopal missionary, to the Lake Itasca (Clearwater County, Minn.) area in 1877-1881.

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Minnesota Historical Society Library

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Gilfillan, J. A. (Joseph Alexander), 1838-1913

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Cooke, Wells W. (Wells Woodbridge), 1858-1916

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Wells Cooke grew up in Ripon, Wisconsin and earned degrees from Ripon College. He taught at Indian Schools in Minnesota, briefly studied at the University of Iowa and encouraged ornithologists to record seasonal data related to birds. He published numerous articles on bird migration in the Mississippi Valley in The Ornithologist and Oologist. From the description of Wells Woodbridge Cooke ornithological papers, 1881-1931. (Iowa Sate Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 726648907 ...