Lake Itasca
In Itasca State Park, about 5 miles northwest of this point, lies Lake Itasca, regarded as the approximate source of the Mississippi River by H. R. Schoolcraft and W. T. Boutwell who visited and named it in 1832. The name was made from the two Latin words, "ver-itas" (truth) and "ca-put" (head).
Verbatim 1940 text, presented as a historical record, not current interpretation. Minnesota now calls the 1862 conflict the U.S.-Dakota War and has since replaced the wording on some of these signs.
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