From Ex-Mayor Pillsbury, Minneapolis:
"From the best information I have been able to obtain, I am satisfied that Captain Willard Glazier was the first person that discovered the true source of the Mississippi."
From Rev. J. L. Pitner, Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis:
"From the evidence I have examined, I am convinced that the real source of the Mississippi was not known prior to 1881. I am quite sure the claims of Lake Glazier are not ill-founded, and that in its deep, cool bosom the Great River takes its rise."
From John E. Bradley, Superintendent Public Schools, Minneapolis:
"From such examination as I have been able to give to the problem of the true source of the Mississippi, it seems to be satisfactorily established that Lake Glazier is to be so regarded."