The area was logged out by 1915 and farmers were attracted to the newly cleared land . However the sandy soil was poor and not productive enough to make a living . Most settlers moved away and much of the land was tax-forfeited . Pine County had the most tax delinquent property in Minnesota and suffered abject environmental degradation from cultivation and wildfires like the Great Hinckley Fire
Great Hinckley Fire
Great Hinckley Fire
Saint Croix State Park