In 1962, an Indiana family rejected $25,000 for two acres; by 1969, their land stood as an island of nature surrounded by industrial sprawl

Along the southern shore of Lake Michigan, environmental conservation came to a head in the mid-20th century. According to a historical profile published on the National Park Service website, a World War II veteran and struggling artist named John Samuel Hawkinson Jr.

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