Itasca State Park Programs and Events
Date and Time
Monday Aug 7, 2017
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT
Monday August 7th, 10-11 AM
Location
Itasca Park
Meet at the new Itasca Campus Center located on the Itasca Biological Station campus (along Main Park Drive, watch for signs).
Fees/Admission
FREE
Description
Itasca’s Mysteries in History: The Itasca Biological Station.
In 1907 the University of Minnesota (U of M) held its first field classes in Itasca State Park. Join us at the Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories for a tour of this historic location. Discover the old and the new! Tour the new Itasca Campus Center before we head out to locate the site of the State Park House, where Mary Gibbs lived in 1903. See one of the few 1930s National Youth Administration or NYA constructed buildings in the state as we follow the route of the 1920s era Jefferson Highway as it passed through the field station.