Northern Headwaters Region
	Contents Stories Sources Search Credits Links Home	Back to the Story           Seth Eastman painting of Schoolcraft at Itasca. Lake Itasca was named by the United States' Indian agent, Henry Schoolcraft, in 1832 when, during a visit to the lake, he declared it to be the verITAS CAput or "true source" of the Mississippi River.

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