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Jacob Vandenberg Brower (1844–1905) was a prolific writer of the Upper Midwest region of the United States who championed the location and protection of the utmost headwaters of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. He was born in Michigan and moved to Minnesota. In 1862 he served with Henry Hastings Sibley during wars against the Sioux in Minnesota. After the war he was County Auditor and County Attorney for Todd County, Minnesota. The City of Browerville, Minnesota is named in his honor. ==Lake Itasca== In 1888 acting as surveyor he visited Lake Itasca to settle a dispute over the source of the Mississippi River. The issue was whether Nicollet Creek at the southern tip of the Lake Itasca and flows into the lake was the official start of the Mississippi. Brower followed the stream through swamps, ponds to Lake Hernando de Soto. Brower spent five months on Lake Itasca and eventually suggested that since he believed that the Nicollet Creek was intermittent stream that it should not qualify as the source.〔(Ohio River By John Ed Pearce, p44 ) 1989 - ISBN 0-8131-1693-7〕 Brower was to lead a campaign to stop logging around Lake Itasca by companies owned by Friedrich Weyerhäuser. On April 20, 1891 the state legislature by a margin of one approved the plans for a state park.〔(Minnesota DNR Park Info )〕 The official visitor center for the park is now called the Jacob V. Brower Visitor Center and Brower is often referred to as the "Father of Lake Itasca." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacob V. Brower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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