Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-08-20
THE ARROWHEAD COUNTRY
BY EVELYN v. RUSSELL
Student In the Grand Rapids, MINI,
High School.
Duluth HeraId.)

| Duluth Herald.)
When God created the United
States He blessed her with all
possible physical features and re-
sources. He gave her the deserts
and fertile valleys, the mountains
and the hills, prairies and rolling
plains, and the beautiful forests
and lakes. Each section was
given its attractions and beauties
But man has been unappreciative
of these gifts, and today we have
only a very few of these natural
beauty regions left. There is one
spot, however, which nature low.
ers and seekers of out-of-door life
are determined to preserve.
In the northeastern section OF
Minnesota lies the Arrowhead
country, one of the few natural
spots which have been left by the
white man, unrestricted and
with all its primeval beauty and
attractiveness. Its forests are
luxuriant and stand in their ma
tural state, forests of tall pines
Norway and white; poplars
spruces, cedar and balsam, with
which the hunter makes his bed
and in among the mass of dark
graen blend the silyery-white
birch.
Dotted in among the forests
are small. clear, fresh water lakes
with sandy shores and bottoms
Many are connected with silvery
streams and inlets. These lakes
abound with all sorts of fish.
The Arrowhead country con
tains about 857, 900 acres of gov
eminent land within its bound.
aries and there are 10000 acres
of water. This country begins at
the northeastern point of Mime.
sofa and extends along the Dor.
der of Canada to Red Lake and
south as far as Moose Lake, form
| ing a tract in the shape of ar
Indian arrowhead. thus its name
The few beautiful spots which
still exist in America are fast dis.
appearing. Imagine the wealth
and beauty of the United States
before the coming Of the white
| man, the great forests which
stretched over one-half of Amer
lea. But of all this wealth and
beauty but a latter remains. Dc
you know that experts estimate
that at the rate our forests are
being destroyed in half century
we will have one? There are at
present eight acres of timbered
land out of ten left in the Arrow.
head country. With the loss OF
forests comes the disappearance
of our animals; one is as tragic as
the other. Do you know the buff
falo once inhabited this very
country? Other animals like the
buffalo which were once so plen'
tiful are gone. except for the few
we find on ranches and in parks
Are we to be so indifferent to
this problem that for the coming
generation the magnificent ami
mails of the forests, the wilder
ness and pioneer life will live, fol
them, only in books!
Think how much it would near
to these coming generations to
leave for them a few spots in this
land untouched and unmarried as
| in the Indian days. 1t would be
to them as an oasis in the desert
The time is fast coming to this
point. The Eastern half of the
United States is stripped of heI
forests and the Western forests
are fast disappearing. Cities and
towns are pushing back the will
nerness at a fast rate. but faster
still. the ak. the fire and careless
ness are destroying our forests
leaving vast acres of land tree
less, lifeless and idle. In front OF
this scene move our wild animal:
growing fewer and fewer. Mar
is the great destroyer.
| Unlike most of our few other
regions. here we still find the
wild animals of the forest which
have all but become extinct. The
moose. that magnificent king OF
the forest who is virtually gone
may still be found in the depths
of the Arrowhead country. The
deer will survive in a slightly
settled region, but the moose
seeks the widest retreat for sc.
clusion. II is estimated that
there is a herd of nearly 5000
of these kings in this region.
The beaver. that wonderful
little intelligent animal. who has
become so hunted for his fur, is
quite prominent in this country
Here he builds his dam. flooding
back the water in order to build
his submerged apartment.
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