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Itasca Lake

Itasca State Park, Minnesota
· Source of the Mississippi River
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Henry R. Schoolcraft discovered Itasca Lake from the summit of this hill on July 13, 1832. In 1924, the Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Minnesota placed a tablet here.
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