Minneopa State Park
Bibliography
“450-acres Expansion of Minneopa State Park Finalized.” Mankato Free Press, December 31, 1968.
“92,205 OK’d for Minneopa State Park.” Mankato Free Press, December 20, 1968.
Blue Earth County Historical Society. Hanging folders on Minneopa State Park, divided by decades. Mankato, MN.
“Expand the Park” scrapbook
Manuscript Collection, Blue Earth County Historical Society, Mankato
Description: Lloyd Vollmer, chairman of the ACT Minneopa expansion committee, kept a scrapbook of newspaper articles and other related papers from the 1967–1972 Expand the Park campaign. It includes yellow Expand the Park button artifacts.
Herbst, Gordon H. Minneinneopa: 150 Year History; Minneopa State Park. Waseca, MN: Quality Print, 2007.
Hughes, Thomas. History of Minneopa State Park. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, 1932.
Journal of the House of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota. St. Paul: McGill-Warmer, State Printers, 1905.
Meyer, Roy W. Everyone’s Country Estate. A History of Minnesota’s State Parks. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991.
——— . “Forestville: The Making of a State Park.” Minnesota History 44, no. 3 (Fall 1974): 82–95. http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/44/v44i03p082-095.pdf
Minneopa State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources. Minneopa State Park. National Register of Historic Places Nomination File, State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/nomination/89001663.pdf
“Minneopa Visited by 45,000 in 1935.” Mankato Free Press, January 14, 1936.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Minneopa Falls: A Changing Cascade.” Interpretative Services, 2014.
Description: an interpretative sign at Minneopa Falls, Minneopa State Park.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Rare Bison Herd Released.” News release, September 25, 2015.
http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/2015/09/25/rare-bison-herd-released-into-minneopa-state-park/
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd Reintroduction. Minneopa State Park.”
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/minneopa/bison.html
Minnesota State Board of Immigration. Minnesota, the Empire State of the New North-west: The Commercial, Manufacturing and Geographical Centre of the American Continent. St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Company, Printers, 1878.
Seppman Mill. National Register of Historic Places Nomination File, State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/nomination/71000435.pdf
Tilden, Freeman. The State Parks Their Meaning in American Life. NY: Alfred P. Knopf, 1962.
https://archive.org/details/stateparkstheirm006470mbp
Chronology
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2015
Bibliography
“450-acres Expansion of Minneopa State Park Finalized.” Mankato Free Press, December 31, 1968.
“92,205 OK’d for Minneopa State Park.” Mankato Free Press, December 20, 1968.
Blue Earth County Historical Society. Hanging folders on Minneopa State Park, divided by decades. Mankato, MN.
“Expand the Park” scrapbook
Manuscript Collection, Blue Earth County Historical Society, Mankato
Description: Lloyd Vollmer, chairman of the ACT Minneopa expansion committee, kept a scrapbook of newspaper articles and other related papers from the 1967–1972 Expand the Park campaign. It includes yellow Expand the Park button artifacts.
Herbst, Gordon H. Minneinneopa: 150 Year History; Minneopa State Park. Waseca, MN: Quality Print, 2007.
Hughes, Thomas. History of Minneopa State Park. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Conservation, Division of Forestry, 1932.
Journal of the House of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota. St. Paul: McGill-Warmer, State Printers, 1905.
Meyer, Roy W. Everyone’s Country Estate. A History of Minnesota’s State Parks. St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1991.
——— . “Forestville: The Making of a State Park.” Minnesota History 44, no. 3 (Fall 1974): 82–95. http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/44/v44i03p082-095.pdf
Minneopa State Park WPA/Rustic Style Historic Resources. Minneopa State Park. National Register of Historic Places Nomination File, State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/nomination/89001663.pdf
“Minneopa Visited by 45,000 in 1935.” Mankato Free Press, January 14, 1936.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Minneopa Falls: A Changing Cascade.” Interpretative Services, 2014.
Description: an interpretative sign at Minneopa Falls, Minneopa State Park.
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Rare Bison Herd Released.” News release, September 25, 2015.
http://news.dnr.state.mn.us/2015/09/25/rare-bison-herd-released-into-minneopa-state-park/
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “Minnesota Bison Conservation Herd Reintroduction. Minneopa State Park.”
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/minneopa/bison.html
Minnesota State Board of Immigration. Minnesota, the Empire State of the New North-west: The Commercial, Manufacturing and Geographical Centre of the American Continent. St. Paul: H.M. Smyth & Company, Printers, 1878.
Seppman Mill. National Register of Historic Places Nomination File, State Historic Preservation Office, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.
http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/nomination/71000435.pdf
Tilden, Freeman. The State Parks Their Meaning in American Life. NY: Alfred P. Knopf, 1962.
https://archive.org/details/stateparkstheirm006470mbp