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| Luere Babson Deasy Great Harbor Maritime Museum |
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|  Luere Babson Deasy Great Harbor Maritime Museum Description: ...Deasy was born on February 8, 1859 in Gouldsboro to Daniel and Emma L. (Moore) Deasy. He was educated at the State Normal School in Castine...Deasy was admitted to the Bar in 1884. Prior to sitting on the Court, Deasy practiced in Bar Harbor...Deasy died on March 13, 1940, in Portland, at the age of 81. Sources: In Memoriam, Luere B. Deasy, 138 ME 371; James H...See also article about Deasy at: http://mdihistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Horner.pdf... | ||
| George Bucknam Dorr Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  George Bucknam Dorr Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: ...George B Dorr... File Attachment: Biography_GBD.pdf …Prepared by: Bar Harbor Historical Society Biography Dorr George Bucknam Dorr (1853 1944) Father: Dorr - Charles Hazen Dorr (1821 - 1893) Mother …: Dorr - Mary Gray Ward Dorr (1820 - 1901) Birth Date: December 29 1853 Born at: Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts Significant Siblings: Significant | |
| Mary Gray Ward Dorr Bar Harbor Historical Society |
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|  Mary Gray Ward Dorr Bar Harbor Historical Society Description: ...Mother of George Bucknam Dorr... File Attachment: Biography_MGWD.docx.pdf …Prepared by: Bar Harbor Historical Society Biography Dorr - Mary Gray Ward Dorr (1820 1901) Father: Ward - Thomas Wren Ward (1786 - 1858) Mother: …Ward - Lydia Gray Dorr (1788 - 1874) Birth Date: 29 September 1920 Born at: Boston, Massachusetts Significant Siblings: Significant Education: Spouse Name …: Dorr - Charles Hazen Dorr (1821 - 1893) Spouse Parents: Dorr - Samuel Dorr (1774 - 1844) Dorr - Susan Brown Dorr (1779 - 1841) Wedding Date: 1850 Wedding …Place: 2nd Spouse Name: 2nd Spouse Parents: 2nd Wedding Date: 2nd Wedding Place: Offspring: Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853 - 1944) Occupation: Bar Harbor | ||
| Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dorr - George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Dorr – George Bucknam Dorr (1855-1944).pdf …Biography Dorr George Bucknam Dorr (1853-1944) Founder and first Superintendent of Lafayette (Acadia) National Park Father: Charles Hazen Dorr (1821 …"Born to Charles F. and Mary Dorr of Boston, George B. Dorr was the heir to a New England textile fortune. …Dorr first visited Mount Desert Island with his family in 1868. …Dorr s spring area was a hub for the future park. In 1916, Woodrow Wilson authorized Sieur de Monts National Monument, naming Dorr custodian. | |||
| Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sylvester W. Dorr Carpenter Shop Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A. | ||
| Gott - George Montelle Dorr Gott (1881-1963) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Gott - George Montelle Dorr Gott (1881-1963) Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Gott – George Montell or Montelle Dorr Gott (1881-1963).pdf …Biography Gott George Montell or Montelle Dorr Gott (18811963) Father: Gott - Erastus Littlefield Gott (1843-1922) Mother: Rachel W. | |||
| Bion B. Reynolds House Warren A. Dorr House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Albert 'Bert' Robinson House Clarence Mortimer Gott / Eva Colson Dorr Reed House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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| Albert 'Bert' Robinson House Clarence Mortimer Gott / Eva Colson Dorr Reed House Southwest Harbor Public Library | ||
| Appalachian Mountain Club Camp - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Appalachian Mountain Club Camp - Southwest Harbor Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Dorr signed a lease with the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) to allow camping on the shores of the lake... | |||
| Eldering Cottage Frank Wells Ramseyer Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...Ramseyer designed the house, which was built by Sylvester Dorr. In about 1960 Hiram Hadlock's granddaughter, Eleanor M...Dorr and in 1964 a south ell, designed by Frank Ramseyer and built by Maurice Norwood... | ||
| Harper - Archie Eugene Harper (1905-1969) aka Eugene Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Harper - Archie Eugene Harper (1905-1969) aka Eugene Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Eugene was a partner in Dorr & Harper, Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating at 10 Maple Avenue in Bar Harbor... | |||
| The Cedars The Sylvester B. Brown House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Description: ...“The Cedars” was sold to Juanita Dorr Wilson on August 8, 1967...Juanita Esther Dorr was born on July 19, 1929 to Sylvester Warren and Nellie Myra (Robinson) Dorr in Southwest Harbor, Maine...Juanita Esther (Dorr) Wilson died on December 18, 1997 in Southwest Harbor, Maine... | ||
| George Edward Sanford House Peter Theodore Benson Jr. House Seawall Farm Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Edward Sanford House Peter Theodore Benson Jr. House Seawall Farm Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: George Edward Sanford House - T.pdf …Deasy 7/25/1907 [440-373]; Sold to son Jordan B. Benson 10/5/1908 [454-445] who sold to his brother Peter T. | ||
| Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-10-11 Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup.pdf …T h u r s d a y, O c t o b e r 11 , 2 0 1 2 2012 Don Lenahan Dorr's Oldfarm Estate - Volunteer Cleanup In an earlier post to this blog, entitled " …George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park" (4 May 2012), I mentioned his estate had been neglected for many years; but in December 2011 …Acadia National Park let experienced Friends of Acadia (FOA) volunteers, under Park supervision, initiate a cleanup of Dorr's Oldfarm homesite. …On October 11, 2012, nearly a year later, the Park again allowed a second supervised FOA volunteer effort to continue the cleanup of the Dorr homesite. | |
| E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  E.A. Lawler Paint Company Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Lawler purchased the building in 1923. The other half of the building was occupied by the Robinson Brother's Automobile Accessories salesroom File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A. | ||
| Whitney Electrical Store Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Whitney Electrical Store Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: E.A._Lawler_Paint_Company.pdf …Dorr Carpenter Shop E.A. …Dorr built the large, low shop on the next lot as a carpenter shop and later sold it to E. A. Lawler. …Thornton, p. 157: 1938 Dorr Sylvester Warren Dorr (1888-1959) See also: Sylvester Warren Dorr s Workshop ME - SWH - 005 Causeway Lane North Painter …Lawler Buys Dorr Building for Shop The Dorr building on the Clark s Point Road has been purchased by E.A. | ||
| Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-07-21 Acadia National Park, Founded on Inspiration, Perseverance and Generosity.pdf …Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. …Dorr seized on Eliot's idea of preservation, was his vice-president on the HCTPR and dedicated his life to the establishment and development of Acadia …There is a bronze memorial plaque for him at Sieur de Monts located on the east base of Dorr Mountain, formerly Dry Mountain and renamed in his honor. …But unlike the recognition accorded to Eliot and Dorr, no Acadia NP mountain is named for him. | |
| Building of Arts, Eden Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Building of Arts, Eden Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: ...Members of the building committee included George Dorr, Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Robert Abbe... | |
| Sieur de Monts Spring Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sieur de Monts Spring Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Sieur De Monts Spring - Dorr.pdf …Dorr Dorr s work at Sieur de Monts Spring symbolizes the enthusiasm and spirit of many early 20th-century summer residents who worked to preserve and …In a sense, Sieur de Monts Spring has become a memorial to Dorr, for it was his inspiration and determination that led to the creation of Acadia National …Dorr, Acadia s rst superintendent, built an octagonal tile-roofed structure over a spring at the south end of Great Meadow. | ||
| The Emery Path - Another Historic Gem in Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Emery Path - Another Historic Gem in Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-12-09 The Emery Path -- Another Historic Gem in Acadia NP.pdf …It continues to the junction of the Schiff Path up to the Dorr Mountain summit and the Kurt Diederich Climb path down to the junction of the Kane, Jesup …Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association's Roads and Paths committee under chairman Herbert Jaques and with notable co-members Waldron Bates, George Dorr …It is an amazing adventure over granite steps and staircases across the lower east side of Dorr Mountain. …It is here where this prominent photograph was taken of George Dorr, a founder of Acadia NP and its first superintendent. | |
| The CCC in Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The CCC in Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: CCC - Russell - 2008.pdf …Dorr, and John D. Rockefeller Jr., the visionary founders of the heritage we serve today. …Dorr, ever politically-agile, quickly brought the CCC to Acadia. By Memorial Day, when Mr. …Dorr hosted Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes and National Park Service Director Horace Albright at Old Farm, two CCC camps were under construction …Dorr would Friends of Acadia Journal write that they furnished the park with all the labor it has had, road construction apart and have enabled | |
| Camp Aim-Al Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Camp Aim-Al Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Land now owned by Acadia National Park. File Attachment: Camp Aim-Al.pdf …On 14 August 1929 Leffingwell's six children conveyed the Camp Aim-Al property to George Dorr, then superintendent of Acadia National Park and board member …of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations. - Because of Dorr's U.S. …Less than a week later, on 20 August, Dorr transferred it to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. | ||
| 2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  2013-11-01 Acadia National Park's Oceanfront Cottage Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-11-01 Acadia NP's Oceanfront Cottage.pdf …On 14 August 1929 Leffingwell's six children conveyed the Camp Aim-Al property to George Dorr, then superintendent of Acadia National Park and board member …of the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations.*3 Less than a week later, on 20 August, Dorr transferred it to John D. …site and ocean ledge.*4 *Footnotes: 1 See my blog posts of 5 February and 15 April 2013. 2 Bar Harbor Times, September 12, 1928, p. 3. 3 Because of Dorr's | |
| Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-12-03 Acadia National Park's Discarded Sweet Waters of Acadia Slab.pdf …Dorr, was completing construction of three buildings at Sieur de Monts: a spring cover house, a bottling house and a reception room building. …Possibly it was because Dorr wanted a more prominent stone to tout the Sweet Waters of Acadia. …Unwanted bushes, weeds and small trees have been removed from the pool's perimeter and the Dorr memorial. | |
| The Pulpits of Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Pulpits of Acadia Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-07-11 The Pulpits of Acadia.pdf …The second pulpit rock initially appeared on 1896 path and MDI maps and was located in the gorge between Cadillac and Dorr Collections of Jesup Memorial …crosses the [Kebo] brook and finally reaches the gorge and runs in the bed of the brook up between Green Pulpit Rock - Gorge Path [Cadillac] and Dry [Dorr …Here are their GPS locations: Bar Harbor Shore Path: N44 23.444' W068 12.083' Cadillac-Dorr Gorge Trail: N44 21.556' W068 13.211' Maple Spring | |
| A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-06-24 A Memorial Walk - Bar Harbor to Sieur de Monts.pdf …To your left is the white Sieur de Monts spring house; Bostonian George Dorr, the "Father of Acadia National Park," purchased the land in 1909 to preserve …Behind the Nature Center is a memorial to George Dorr. …: N44 21.695' W068 12.513' 8-Abbe Museum: N44 21.662' W068 12.475' 9-Jesup, Diederich, Kane memorials: N44 21.512' W068 12.425' 10-George Dorr | |
| Unexpected Finds in a National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Unexpected Finds in a National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-04-21 Unexpected Finds in a National Park.pdf …Dorr and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Dorr at the time was superintendant of Lafayette National Park (Acadia NP's predecessor). | |
| Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-06-04 Acadia National Park's Little-Known Mountain.pdf …In 1939 Daniel's son Fred approached George Dorr, Acadia NP superintendant, for permission to install a bronze plaque in Daniel's honor on the former site …Dorr favored the request for its historical import and recommended it to the NPS director in Washington, DC. | |
| The Champlain Society Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Champlain Society Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Champlain Society - BHT - 08-01-1996.pdf …Dorr, for the energy to see the idea through; and John D. Rockefeller Jr., for backing the enormous enterprise with his substantial fortune. …Dorr, to pick up the banner and run with it. | |
| Jasper Chamberlin Hutchins House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Jasper Chamberlin Hutchins House Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: Jasper Chamberlin Hutchins House.pdf …Jasper Hutchins [T-146] before 1930 [see faulty entry in US Census 1930 under Frank Hutchins]; Sold to Nanette Snow Burgess 7/7/1973 [1172-461]; Sold to Dorr | ||
| Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Islesford Historial Museum Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939), physicist, historian, genealogist, author founded the museum in 1919. Architect Edmund B. Gilchrist designed the Colonial Revival building, built in 1927. The building, Sawtelle’s Edwin Hadlock’s ship chandlery (The Blue Duck Ships’ Store) the Sawtelle gravesite, and 1.3 acres were acquired by the National Park Service in 1948. The Islesford Historical Museum built in 1927 contains deeds, maps, engravings, papers, and artifacts related to the early history of the Acadia region. The collection also includes artifacts of the region's cultural history including fur- nishings, tools, photographs and scrapbooks. The records of the active schooner which carried cargoes from the Cranberry Isles to ports all over the world cover about one hundred years beginning in 1796. [show more] File Attachments: Islesford Historical Museum.pdf …Dorr encouraged Sawtelle to form the Islesford Collection Inc. to house his ever expanding collection. | ||
| The Return of a Restored Beloved Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Return of a Restored Beloved Memorial Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-07-31 The Return of a Restored Beloved Memorial.pdf …Lilian s memorial, installed about 1929, is on the Gorge Path between Cadillac and Dorr Mountains. | |
| Sawtelle - William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Sawtelle - William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) was born on July 7, 1874 to William H. Sawtelle and Addie Sawtelle in Bangor, Maine. William married Louise Coburn Burpee (1877-1941), daughter of George Egerton Burpee and Louise (Thissell) Burpee, on June 17, 1903 in Bangor, Maine. He was a physicist, historian, genealogist, and author. He founded the Islesford Historical Museum in 1919. William Otis Sawtelle died on September 22, 1939. File Attachment: Sawtelle – William Otis Sawtelle (1874-1939) - T.pdf …Dorr encouraged Sawtelle to form the Islesford Collection Inc. to house his ever expanding collection. | |||
| Frank Louis Black House Sarah Edith (Robinson) Black House Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  File Attachment: Frank Louis Black House - T.pdf …John built an new house thereon and sold it to Kenneth E. and Abby Dorr Billings 5/14/1962 [908117], who added land 11/9/1965 [998-439]; 11/12/1971 [1135 | ||
| Start of FOA-Acadia NP's 2013 Volunteer Season Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Start of FOA-Acadia NP's 2013 Volunteer Season Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-04-25 Start of FOA-Acadia NP's 2013 Volunteer Season.pdf ….*1 Finished and smiling It parallels then crosses Kebo Brook, which originates in The Gorge between Dorr and Cadillac Mountains, and runs along the | |
| The Cross on Flying Mountain, Acadia National Park - a Mystery Unraveled Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Cross on Flying Mountain, Acadia National Park - a Mystery Unraveled Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-10-22 The Cross on Flying Mountain, Acadia National Park -- a Mystery Unraveled.pdf …Dorr, custodian of the new Sieur de Monts National Monument. | |
| The Magnificent and Mysterious Homans Path Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Magnificent and Mysterious Homans Path Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-04-20_The_Magnificent_and_Mysterious_Homans_Path.pdf …Once at the top hikers can continue on to the 1270-ft summit of Dorr Mountain via the Schiff Path or return to Sieur de Monts via the Emery Path or the | |
| Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2013-01-10 Acadia National Park's Other Bar Island.pdf …The Bar Harbor Times reported that Park superintendent George Dorr had hosted a luncheon for 60 guests from the Appalachian Club at Echo Lake "at the beautiful | |
| Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia National Park - a Mystery Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia National Park - a Mystery Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-01-21 Horse Trough Memorial in Acadia NP -- a Mystery.pdf …George Dorr, a founder and first superintendant of Acadia National Park, donated the granite from which it was built from his Bear Brook Quarry, which | |
| Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2014-05-18 Acadia National Park's Forsaken Lakes.pdf …Renowned landscape architect Beatrix Farrand designed the bridge, a plan approved by Park superintendant George Dorr in November, 1928. | |
| The Civilian Conservation Corps Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  The Civilian Conservation Corps Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2015-03-13 The Civilian Conservation Corps.pdf …Dorr, Acadia NP s superintendent, saw the usefulness of the CCC and succeeded in getting its help. Three camps were established in the Park. |