Below are the scripts of the ceremony and more background on Andrew Jackson Scot (aka Jack Scott Sr, and Hungry Jack).

Andrew Jackson Scott Sr (aka Jack Scott Sr, Hungry Jack)

Thank you to Jr. Vice Commander Jim Johnson of the Colonel Colvill Camp 56, Department of Wisconsin, Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War for bringing this dedication to us today.

Born in 1848 in Newark, New Jersey, he was born Edwin G. Secor, but he is fondly remembered by this community as Alexander Jackson Scott Sr – also known as Jack Scott and Hungry Jack.

In 1853, his family joined with 40 families traveling westward by ox-cart in caravan formation to Adrian, Michigan where they established farms. Scott joined the 22nd division of the Michigan infantry in 1865 during the Civil War. At the time of his enlistment, Scott was too young to carry a musket so was first assigned the role of drummer-boy. He served two years and ten months under General Sherman and took part in the Campaign of the Carolinas. After his discharge, Scott remained in the south for the next five years, primarily Vicksburg and New Orleans, working in cypress swamp camps as a camp hunter, supplying fresh wild meat. Due to a fever that he acquired in the south, Scott headed northward, arriving in Cook County in 1872 where he remained until his death in 1931. He was one of Cook County's earliest white settlers, engaged primarily in fishing, hunting, and trapping – and he contributed to the community in many ways.

In 1875, Scott married Catherine Boyer. Adding to Scott’s first daughter, he and Catherine were to have 13 children – many of whom were well-known in Cook County. In 1881, the Scotts homesteaded at Kimball Creek as part of land granted to Civil War veterans. The area was known for years as Scott's Point and nearby were the homes of fellow Civil War veterans, Colonel Durfee and Colonel Colvill. By 1885, the Scott family had moved into Grand Marais, building a house at the east end of Wisconsin Street, on the site of what was to become first the Sterling Hotel, and now the East Bay Hotel.

Scott's early work in this region included sailing, fishing, and carrying mail from Duluth to Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). He also served as the county coroner for a while; he traveled great distances to find better fur prices for sellers in the region; and he delivered supplies to copper miners on Isle Royale with his dogsled team in the winter months. In the 1870s, Scott worked for the federal government survey crew along the northern boundary. The residents of Cook County held Scott in high regard, choosing him to be the county constable in 1882, and later electing him to the county board of commissioners, where he also acted as Chairman for several years.

Scott is remembered through several stories describing his hunting exploits, his run-ins with bears, rescues by dogs, and more. He was one of six men who attempted to rescue the crew of the schooner Stranger in 1875 when it broke apart on the rocks just off the point. And of course, we have Hungry Jack Lake. Luckily Scott survived being stranded at the lakeside survey camp for two weeks during a blizzard, reduced to trapping and eating what he considered to be the lowliest of foods in his experience – the rabbit – but survive he did.

Scott passed away on March 4, 1931. In recognition of the military service he had rendered to his country, his military funeral was held with Coast Guard pallbearers, a bugler, and an American Legion rifle squad firing three volleys beside his grave. Today, we are all honored to be a part of this ceremony to pay tribute to Andrew Jackson Scott whose service helped preserve the liberties we all enjoy as a nation today.