Dodge Center Press - July 4, 1879

     James D. Skinner, U. S. E., and P. Kelley, left here yesterday morning for the Namakagon, where a surveying party is completing the government work of ascertaining the feasibility of a system of reservoirs for holding water for navigation purposes. – Taylor’s Falls Journal.

Dodge Center Press July 4, 1879 notice of Skinner's work on leadup to headwater dams.