"It has long been my purpose to create in our forests a large area wherein the State may practice the most modern methods of forest control reforestation and production…. I want this township to become a showplace for those interested in forestry, a place where a continuing timber crop can be cultivated, harvested, and sold, where reforestation and scientific cutting will be employed, an example and an inspiration to others. What is done in our forests today will help or harm the generations who follow us."
Percival P. Baxter, 1955
