Land acquisition records?

I'm always curious to see how long ago areas were logged. My logic tells me that prior to someone selling/"gifting" land to the "park" they would more than likely have it logged one last time to get the last money out of the land.

Is there a source of when tracts were acquired by the state? I'm interested in the Ferris Lake Wilderness right now, we were back at Waters Millpond and I can't seem to find any history on that area.