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Mary Hannah Gibbs Logan (1879 – February 4, 1983) was the superintendent for Itasca State Park and a pivotal figure in the development of the park, located in Minnesota at the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Gibbs was the first female park commissioner in the United States. Early life.
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Mary Gibbs Center. The Mary Gibbs Mississippi Headwaters Center, which opened in 2005, is named for a woman who risked her life to protect and save Itasca State Park's magnificent pine forest from loggers. The Center offers outdoor exhibits, a gift shop and a café.
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Dec 5, 2020 · December 5, 2020 — 3:32pm. Minnesota Historical Society, Star Tribune. When her father, John Puckett Gibbs, the Itasca State Park commissioner, died in 1903, Mary Hannah Gibbs took his...
Things to Do at Itasca State Park. The Mary Gibbs Visitor Center, adjacent to the headwaters, features exhibits on the river’s history and cultural importance. Minnesota has more miles of the Mississippi than any other state, including the river’s most wild and scenic stretches as it flows north to Bemidji and east through several large ...
Jul 24, 2023 · Mary Gibbs’ brief tenure as park commissioner in the spring of 1903 continued Brower’s progressive policy. Just twenty-four years old, she had learned about the challenges facing the park...
Jul 23, 2022 · Mary Gibbs Center. This visitor center is named in honor of Mary Gibbs, who risked her life to save the pine forest within Itasca State Park. The center opened in 2005 and tells Mary’s story as well as the history of the park.
