Ramsey County History – Spring 1964: “St. Paul’s Municipal Forest and Its 50 Years of Growth”

St. Paul’s Municipal Forest and Its 50 Years of Growth
Author: John H. Allison Sr.

In the spring of 1914, the University of Minnesota’s Department of Forestry and the Saint Paul Water Department undertook to create a pine and spruce forest near Lake Vadnais. The initiators of this project believed that woodlands would contribute to the purity of the city’s water supply. This project eventually became the John H. Allison Forest. The author, for whom the forest was named, recounts how the project came about.
PDF of Allison article.