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- Detroit News Clipping from September 20, 1931, Visit by the Isle Royale National Park Commission - Congress authorized the creation of Isle Royale National Park in 1931. In order to establish the park, the Governor of Michigan appointed the Isle Royale National Park Commission, which included Edsel Ford, to handle land acquisition. By 1940, the Commission had acquired a majority of the island for the state who then transferred it over to the National Park Service.
- September 30, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Detroit News Clipping from September 20, 1931, Visit by the Isle Royale National Park Commission
Congress authorized the creation of Isle Royale National Park in 1931. In order to establish the park, the Governor of Michigan appointed the Isle Royale National Park Commission, which included Edsel Ford, to handle land acquisition. By 1940, the Commission had acquired a majority of the island for the state who then transferred it over to the National Park Service.
- Letter from Edsel Ford to R. Lyman Sexton after a Visit to Isle Royale, Michigan, September 23, 1931 - Congress authorized the creation of Isle Royale National Park in 1931. In order to establish the park, the Governor of Michigan appointed the Isle Royale National Park Commission, which included Edsel Ford, to handle land acquisition. By 1940, the Commission had acquired a majority of the island for the state who then transferred it over to the National Park Service.
- September 23, 1931
- Collections - Artifact
Letter from Edsel Ford to R. Lyman Sexton after a Visit to Isle Royale, Michigan, September 23, 1931
Congress authorized the creation of Isle Royale National Park in 1931. In order to establish the park, the Governor of Michigan appointed the Isle Royale National Park Commission, which included Edsel Ford, to handle land acquisition. By 1940, the Commission had acquired a majority of the island for the state who then transferred it over to the National Park Service.