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| George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park Southwest Harbor Public Library File Attachment: 2012-05-04 George Bucknam Dorr - the Father of Acadia National Park.pdf …Dorr has been called the "Father of Acadia National Park." Appropriately so. …Dorr was among the original founders of the HCTPR in 1901and its incorporators in 1903. …Thus in 1929, upon Dorr's suggestion, the Park's name changed from Lafayette to Acadia. Dorr, who was six feet tall and blue-eyed, never married. …A simple memorial stone was placed at the Dorr family lot in Mount Auburn Cemetery. | |
| Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record... Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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|  Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations: An Historical Sketch and a Record... Mount Desert Island Historical Society Description: ...Dorr, Luere B. Deasy, John S. Kennedy, George L. Stebbins, Edward B. Mears, Lea McI. Luquer, Charles W. Eliot, Loren E. Kimball... | ||||
| Surprising Revelations: Intimacies in the Letters Between Charles W. Eliot, George B. Dorr & John D. Rockefeller Jr. Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Surprising Revelations: Intimacies in the Letters Between Charles W. Eliot, George B. Dorr & John D. Rockefeller Jr. Jesup Memorial Library Description: Text of the lecture given by Ronald H. Epp on August 10, 2016, at the Jesup Memorial Library in Bar Harbor, Maine. File Attachment: Intimacies_Jesup_Epp.pdf …Dorr I embrace the notion of persistence. …Dorr. …Dorr. …Dorr. | |
| Old Peter Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Battle of Norwood's Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| The Battle of Norwood Cove Mount Desert Island Historical Society |
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| Equestrian Extravaganza (Robin Hood Park) Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Equestrian Extravaganza (Robin Hood Park) Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Equestrian Extravaganza-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr (of Acadia National Park fame), J. L. Ketterlinus (Philadelphia), Philip Livingston (one of the tallyho owners), L. B. …Deasy (a Bar Harbor attorney who became a Maine Supreme Court Justice), William Fennelly (local storekeeper who kept a stuffed horse in his display window | |||
| Sieur De Monts Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Sieur De Monts Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Sieur De Monts-uncompressed.pdf …In 1909, George Dorr, Acadia s first superintendent, built an octagonal tile-roofed structure over a spring at the south end of Great Meadow. …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 protect …In a sense, Sieur de Monts Spring has become a memorial to Dorr, for it was his inspira tion and determination that led to the creation of Acadia National | |||
| The Bar Harbor Auto War Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Bar Harbor Auto War Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Bar Harbor Auto War-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, father of Acadia National Park, began to temper their opposition to cars. …The more adamant foes of the auto saw Dorr as a traitor to the exclusion clause. Cottager J. P. …Bass, publisher of the Bangor Daily Commercial, editorially castigated Dorr. …Publisher Bass vacillated, then sided with the moderate Dorr. | |||
| Acadia's Memorial Paths Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Acadia's Memorial Paths Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Acadias Memorial Paths-uncompressed.pdf …program in the summer of 1891 with the traveled. completion by workmen of a series of woodland paths There is the Emery Path, the first section of the Dorr …As the path zigzags across the ancient rock slide fine views of Dorr Mt. open to the west. …Andrew Murray Young provided the funds for a memorial path that leads northward from the Canon Steps on the Emery Memorial Path on Dorr Mountain. …Brook Trail through the valley between Dorr and Cadillac Mountains, joining the Gorge Path. | |||
| The Trolley That Never Ran Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Trolley That Never Ran Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Trolley That Never Ran-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, a man who later would become known as the father of Acadia National Park. All of these men with the ex ception of Fred C. …George Dorr wrote a letter ad dressed to the public to try to clear up all misunderstandings concern ing the company s plans. …Dorr that the greatest of care would be taken in laying out the road. …Dorr was convinced that the island could (cont. on page 32) BOATING CO. Boat Schedule and Prices NATURALIST CRUISE (2 hrs.) 8:30 a m. | |||
| Acadia National Park History Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Acadia National Park History Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Acadia History-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, and for 43 years he devoted his life, energy, and family fortune to preserving the Acadian landscape. …Dorr offered the land to the federal government, and in 1916, President Wilson announced the creation of Sieur de Monts National Monument. …Still not satisfied, Dorr continued to acquire property and he renewed his efforts to obtain full national park status for his beloved preserve. …Dorr, whose labors constituted "the greatest of one-man shows in the history of land conservation" became the first park superintendent. | |||
| The Enchanted Isle: LaFayette National Park Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Enchanted Isle: LaFayette National Park Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Enchanted Isle-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, Boston clubman; but such men out over forty miles or more of water to the as Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts, the horizon, or deep down on the tree …Dorr and "Natural History" PAST THESE ISLANDS SAILED CHAMPLAIN INTO THE HARBOR OF FRENCHMAN S BAY The view is taken from Champlain Mountain, one of …Dorr and Natural History " THE GRIM CHALLENGE OF CADILLAC CLIFF MET ON A MIDSUMMER DAY BY THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN CLUB An organization of hardy climbers | |||
| Tragedy in Bar Harbor Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Tragedy in Bar Harbor Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Tragedy in Bar Harbor-uncompressed.pdf …Robert Abbe, the onlookers are arrayed in clothing suitable to their own time George Dorr, and George Vanderbilt, had been officially opened and place: | |||
| Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Southwest Harbor Public Library |
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|  Fire, Obliteration, Mission 66, and Park Trails Program, 1943-2003 Southwest Harbor Public Library Description: Excerpt from Pathmakers: Cultural Landscape Report for the Historic Hiking Trail System of Mount Desert Island, pgs. 149-156 File Attachment: Effects_of_the_1947_Fire.pdf …Benjamin Hadley, who was appointed as Acadia s first, located within park boundaries, was represented superintendent following the death of George Dorr …For Dorr Mountain, through Sieur de Monts Spring, and several years after the fire, Norm Walls and his crew along Schooner Head. …were installed, using the mountain names assigned by Hiking through these areas meant returning covered Dorr in 1918.236 231 with ashes and black soot …fusion was caused by the concurrent use of the old mountain names and George Dorr s new mountain A total of approximately seventy trails within the | |
| The Wild Gardens of Acadia Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  The Wild Gardens of Acadia Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: The Wild Gardens of Acadia a Project of BH Garden-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, Founder of Acadia National Park, first named this area "Wild Gardens of Acadia" in 1916 and incorporated it "for educational and scientific purposes | |||
| Acadia's Forgotten Lakes Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Acadia's Forgotten Lakes Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Acadias Forgotten Lakes-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr to take note. …Dorr, considered the father of Sieur de Monts National Monument and later Acadia National Park, joined the Bar Harbor Water Company and helped it buy up | |||
| Information About Acadia National Park Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Information About Acadia National Park Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Information About Acadia-uncompressed.pdf …A GROUP OF CITIZENS HEW) BY A MAN WED GEORGE DORR BEGAN BUYING LA TO PRESERVE IT. …GEORGE DORR WORKED HARD FOR YEARS TO CONVINCE THE FEDERAL GOVERN MENT TO TAKE OVER TIE LAND. | |||
| Teeing Off Down Memory Lane Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Teeing Off Down Memory Lane Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Teeing Off Down Memory Lane-uncompressed.pdf …To the west, rising more than 1,000 feet above Frenchman s Bay, are Dorr Mountain and Cadillac Mountain the latter being the highest point directly …As Earl by the peaks of Dorr Marshall, a longtime member and now the club s and Cadillac greenskeeper, will tell you, It s difficult to keep mountains | |||
| Schoodic Peninsula Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Schoodic Peninsula Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Schoodic Peninsula1-uncompressed.pdf …Desert Range, the highest land on the horizon, is nearly masked by Dorr and Champlain which are slightly nearer. | |||
| Le Parc National Acadia, Ou Les Montagnes Rencontrent La Mer Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Le Parc National Acadia, Ou Les Montagnes Rencontrent La Mer Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Le Parc National Acadia-uuncompressed.pdf …Les homme comme George Dorr et Charles Eliot ont vu les dangers >du developpement et ils les ont evites. John D. | |||
| Bar Harbor -From Eden to Tourism Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor -From Eden to Tourism Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Bar harbor - From Eden to Tourism-uncompressed.pdf …Dorr, aided by President Eliot of Harvard and munificent gifts from the Rockefellers. (Incidentally, Dr. Eliot initiated a feud which still endures. | |||
| Bar Harbor: A Resort is Born Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Bar Harbor: A Resort is Born Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Bar Harbor A Resort is Born-uncompressed.pdf …Besides Hardy, Bos ton contributed the Minots, Welds, Dorrs, and Derbys all old estab lished families. Dr. | |||
| Old Bar Harbor Days Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Old Bar Harbor Days Jesup Memorial Library File Attachment: Old Bar Harbor Days-uncompressed.pdf …DORR S TRIUMPH is brought to you along with the illu strated story of MT. DESERT, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND IN THE WORLD. | |||
| Script for the play "Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry" 2001 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society |
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|  Script for the play "Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry" 2001 Great Cranberry Island Historical Society Description: Script for the play "Carrie Richardson of Big Cranberry" by Wini Smart and Bruce Komusin, first performed 8 Aug 2001 (3 copies, 1 copy has the actors' names). (See also items 446-450 and online at http://www.gcihs.org/1/carrie_richardson.htm.) A video was made of this play and offered for sale at the museum - Catalogue # 2013.265.1998 – Box 45. File Attachment: 1000.30.446.pdf …On Mount Desert, George Dorr establishes an organization to acquire land which later became the nucleus of what is now Acadia National Park. | |||
| Adventures on Mount Desert Jesup Memorial Library |
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|  Adventures on Mount Desert Jesup Memorial Library |
