Presentation: Baxter State Park and Katahdin- A Pictorial History

Please join us on Thursday June 13 for a pictorial presentation on Baxter State park! In an illustrated presentation, John Neff and Howard Whitcomb share their vast knowledge of the Katahdin region’s history and the creation of Baxter State Park. Their 2012 book, Baxter State Park and Katahdin, draws on rich collections of archival images, many never published, dating back to the 19th century. Neff and Whitcomb share tales of the native peoples, accounts of early scientific explorations in the area, chronicles of adventurers including Henry David Thoreau’s visits to Maine’s north woods in the 1840s and 1850s, the spirited era of logging and sporting camps, and Governor Percival Baxter’s plan to purchase 201,000 acres over a period of 30 years and gifted them to the state. Beginning at 6:45pm on Thursday, June 13th in the upstairs Lecture Hall at the Bangor Public Library, Neff and Whitcomb will share slides and tell stories. For more information, download a flyer (104KB PDF) or email Education Chair John Mullens.