Nicollet Cabin
The place
Nicollet Cabin in Clearwater County, Bemidji/Park Rapids area (Itasca State Park, Mississippi headwaters, Minnesota, United States), at 465 m elevation, glacial plateau of northern Minnesota. Continuous USA Minnesota cluster (batches 260-392). Itasca State Park cabin at the origin of the Mississippi (Joseph Nicollet, 1786-1843, French explorer/geographer who mapped the Mississippi headwaters + Itasca State Park, 130 km², established 1891, the 2nd oldest state park in the USA + Lake Itasca, source of the Mississippi River, 3,766 km, the 4th longest river in the world + heritage of the Anishinaabe Ojibwe/Chippewa people (Algonquian people, 170,000, Anishinaabemowin language + the Red Lake Band Nation reservation, 5,000 km², established 1889 + the 1854 Treaty of La Pointe, forming 3 reservations and preserving fishing/hunting/wild-rice rights, Manoomin, an Ojibwe heritage spanning 3,000 years + Chief Buffalo, 1759-1855, leader of the Bad River Band and an anti-removal leader against Andrew Jackson's Trail policies of the 1830s + the Big Bog southern fen, 200,000 hectares, the largest bog in the lower 48 US states + the 14th-century Kensington Rune Stone, a purported Viking-in-Minnesota mystery).
The setting
Clearwater Bemidji/Park Rapids Itasca State Park Mississippi headwaters Minnesota USA 465 m glacial plateau N MN, continuous cluster batches 260-392, Itasca State Park cabin origin of Mississippi Joseph Nicollet 1786-1843 fr Mississippi mapping + Itasca SP 130 km² 1891 2nd oldest state park USA + Lake Itasca source of Mississippi 3,766 km 4th longest in world, Anishinaabe Ojibwe/Chippewa Algonquian 170,000 Anishinaabemowin + Red Lake Nation 5,000 km² 1889 + La Pointe 1854 3 reservations fishing/hunting/wild-rice rights Manoomin 3,000 years + Chief Buffalo 1759-1855 Bad River anti-removal Jackson Trail 1830s + Big Bog southern fen 200,000 ha largest bog in lower 48 US states + Kensington 14th c. Viking Minnesota mystery.
