Abstract

In June 1949, under the terms of the will of Emma L. Brayton, a 305-acre tract of forestland located three miles north of Hopkinton in Delaware County, Iowa, was made available to the Iowa State Agriculture Experiment Station. This forest, the ISU Brayton Memorial Forest, in memory of the donor’s parents, was to be used as an experimental and demonstration area. The father of Emma Brayton was one of the early judges of Delaware County when Delhi was the seat of government. Judge Brayton at one time owned about 3,600 acres of land, most of which was cleared and put into cultivation. The two quarter sections, which make up the Brayton Memorial Forest, were acquired about 1883, and since 1912 were owned by the Judge’s daughter, Emma, until her death.

How to Cite:

Beck, B. & Heeran, T., (2021) “Brayton Memorial Research Forest: History”, Iowa State University Research and Demonstration Farms Progress Reports 2020(1).