Connecticut western news., 1921-08-18
ANOTHER GIFT FOR
 FORESTRY PURPOSES
Alain C. White Gives Twelve Hundred Aces to
 the State

A gift of unusual interest to the people of Litchfield county, is that of 1900 acres of land, by Alain C.. White, of Litchfield. This large acre age is given to the state through the White Memorial Foundation in mem ory of MT. Whites father. The fol- lowing interesting article regarding the tract is taken from the Hartford "Courant":
 The State Forester, by authority of the recently amended forestry laws, and with the approval of the State Park and Forest Commission, has received for the state of Connec- .ticut splendid gift of land for for estry purposes from the White Me morial Foundation of Litchfeld.
 This land lies in Cornwall and Goshen, centering on the famous old Mohawk Mountain, which was long thought to be "the highest point in the state"--a most natural error to anyone sanding on it's summit and innocent of the topographic map. It is actually shown on this map to be 1880 feet above tide water---about 300 feet below Canaan Mountain, and more than 500 feet below Bear Mountain in Salisbury, the real top of the state.
 Tract of 1,20O Acres
 AS known to many members of the Connecticut Forestry Association, this gift has been in contemplation since last fall, awaiting only certain enabling acts of the, General Assem- bly this year, which became effective July l. During that interval, how ever, the single holding originally mentioned has been greatly in- creased by further purchases of the Foundation, so that the total area now conveyed is about 1,2OO lcres, comprising an irregular tract two and a half miles north and south by one and half miles east and west, of which no reliable map is yet available.
 The northern boundary runs near ly to the we'll and unfavorably kn VII Bunker Hill'' road between Corn wall and Goshen, which should not be cenfused with a more famous but less lofty height near Boston. Ru- fus Bunker was good old Scaticook "Injun", who sometime lived "on the mounting" near this road--little he knew 0fsBoston or golf, but his name remains. .
 Its Historic Name
 The name Mohawk comes of course from the mighty tribe to the west, the greatest fighters of their day and race, and error of all the New England trihes, upon whom they levied tribute---"all the traffic would bear" in their own grim phrase.' Their principal way into New England, the great Mohawk Trail, was over Hoosac Mountain, now open to a swifter traffic, but tradition has it that they sometimes shorcut through Cornwall desiring to arrive say at Hammonasset un- announced and without ostentation.
 Mohawk Mountain already figures In the list of state parks, a mere foothold. of five acres acquired by purchase in 1917, on slightly lower spur to the west of the high point and adjoining the new forest. =.
 Game and Bird Refuge
 While the intention of the donors IS primarily to promote the work, Of reforestation, the deed stipulates that the Mohawk State Forest, with all future additions and extensions, snail be forever a game and bird refuge, free from any kind of hunt Ing, though open to fishermen. I The. recreational features are also recognized, and the state may, at it's pleasure, set aside for park purposes particular areas naturally adapted. such the lookout from the hiph point and lake frontages. Mohawk Fond, most charming and secluded natural lake,. spring fed and nesting ln the woods at the southern foot of the mountain, is an ideal camp site. and was selected last year by the Litchfield County Y. M. c. A. for it's annual summer camp.
 The site has been occupied this season for four weeks by girls and TOT four weeks by boys, from Litch- field, Fairfield and New Haven counties, with an average number of nearly 200 in camp. It is probable chat this site, not yet included in the , forest, will be acquired by the state Tor park purposes; hough in the ab- sence of any state funds for such purchase it is rendered possible only by use of funds previously received from the Foundation for general park purposes.
 Large areas of the new acquisition are in high forest, in excellent con } dltion, and goodly proportion of the lake frontage is included, un- doubtedly to be used for recreational purposes in due course.
 Connecticut members of the Appa- lachian Mountain Club will reioice at this new territory to explore with it's miles of shady woodland