Memarial Paths/Plaques ARTS COMING EVENTS CALENDAR OCOOKINGSGROWING The Bar Harbor Times SELECTS C August 9, 1990 Etched in bronze Couple documents park's memorial MEMORY or GEORGE BUCKNAM.DON plaques by Diana Buchanan IT WAS A COLD AND BLUSTERY DAY in November 1969. The chilling rain beat down in streaming sheets of water. In the near freezing temperatures, young men One or the young men, 19-year-old David Phillips McKinney, lost his footing and slipped to his death on the rocks. His body was washed out to sea. But McKinney was not forgotten. His family placed a bronze plaque in honor of him near where he fell, The plaque is one of many scattered throughout Acadia National Park. Many were erected in the early 1900s to com- Volunteers Charles and Virginia Edwards with the George Bucknam Dorr plaque in the Sieur de Monts garden. DIANA memorate the people who helped put Acadia together. Others immortalize people who lost shapes and sizes and often grace the edges of hiking resources in the park, she says. "We are interested their lives there. The plaques are an important part trails. in possibly nominating some of the träils for national of Acadia's history, but the park doesn't have a clear According to the Edwards, the majority of the status. map of where they all are or what they all mean. memorials were erected by residents in the early Documentation of the plaques will help park offi- Volunteers Charles and Virginia Edwards of New 1900s in honor of people who were instrumental in cials apply for repair and rehabilitation funding for Port Richey, Fla., hope to change that. Part of a pro- building trails or in donating land to the park. Acadia's hiking trails. gram called Volunteers in Park Service, they have For instance, at the south junction of Gorham Trails foreman for the park, Gary Stellpflug says been working all summer to locate and document Mountain and Cadillac Cliffs Trail on a high granite the Dorr Mountain trail on the east face of Sieur de the memorial plaques. They have found 26 so far cliff face is a bronze plaque dated 1910 The oldest Monts Spring is the only trail so far in the park that is and are still looking for more. known plaque in the park, it bears the name of Wal- listed as à national scenic hiking trail. Charles Edwards, 56, is an attorney, and Virginia dron Bates, Edwards says: Bates, who helped design The plaques help prove the historical value of the Edwards, 47, is a retired legal assistant. This is their hiking trails for the park, willed $5,000 to the Bar trails, the Edwards say. second year working in the park. Harbor Village Improvement Society for building "The plaques show that the trails are of an his- "We have been coming to the island for the past trails. He also drew the island's first path map; toric nature and would therefore be worth maintain- six summers and enjoyed the park so much that we Edwards says. ing and of interest to the public," says Virginia decided we'd give something back," says Charles The Bar Harbor Village Improvement Society put Edwards. "It is rather impressive to know that a park Edwards. "We saw the need for volunteers in the in more than 250 miles of trails. Wealthy summer trail was built 75 to 100 years ago." park and wanted to help out. residents helped build those trails and erect plaques, A 24-by-18-inch bronze plaque on the Otter "The plaques are a way of tracing the history of the Edwards say. Cliffs Trail was donated in honor of John D. Rocke- the island. The interest in plaques is that they relate "The plaques were a nice way of remembering feller Jr., 1874-1960. Best known for the elaborate the growth and history of the island to the park." their friends, as well as à way to pay tribute to the carriage paths he had built, Rockefeller donated Some of the plaques the Edwards know about are trails in the park," says Virginia Edwards. approximately one third of the land in the park. The dedicated to significant figures in Mt. Desert Island's The early settlers did not spend all their time in inscription on the plaque is characteristic of many past, such as explorer Samuel de Champlain, John long dresses playing tennis and croquet and were in other inscriptions, says Charles Edwards. D. Rockefeller Jr., Gertrude Von Benthelm Engel, fact extremely interested in hiking, she says. These groves of spruce and fir, these granite George Bucknam Dorr and Alessandro Fabri. Deborah Wade, chief interpreter for Acadia ledges, this magnificent window on the sea, were Typically carved into granite or mounted in National Park, is supervising the project. given to the United States by john D. Rockefeller Jr. bronze on the side of a cliff, plaques come in all "We are trying to document all the historic He was among the first to sense the need to pre- ETCHED IN BRONZE CONTINUÉS ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE asine Bar Harpor Times August 1990 ETCHED IN BRONZE CONTINUED FROM THE PREVIOUS PAGE serve America's natural beauty and to set high stan- dards of environmental quality. This quiet, dedicat- ed conservationist gave generously of his time, wis- dom and resources to help establish this park and others for the physical, cultural and spiritual benefit of the American people. A 27-by-21-inch plaque in honor of Champlain, the French explorer, is located east of the Day Mountain Trail. On a grant from the French king, Henri IV, Champlain came to the island in 1604 and named it L'Isle des Monts-déserts (The Isle of Bare Mountains). The George Bucknam Dorr plaque is one of the most well-known. The executive officer of the Han- cock County Trustees of Public Reservations, Dorr was one of the primary movers in buying land for the park. A white, metallic plaqué on a granite slab facing north of the nature center in the Sieur de Monts gar- den, the inscription says that Dorr, 1853-1944, was a: Gentleman scholar, lover of nature, father of this A plaque on the summit of Cadillac Mountain honors the first director of the National Park Service, Stephen national park, steadfast in his zeal to make the Tyng Mather (1867-1930). Another at the junction of the Gorham Mountain and Cadillac Cliffs trails is in beauties of this island available to all. memory of Waldron Bates (1856-1909), who drew the island's first path map. Another plaque atop Cadillac Mountain memori- PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF CHARLES AND VIRGINIA EDWARDS alizes Stephen Tyng Mather, who died in 1930. Mather was the first director of the National Park first road upon it and opened it to the public in the Many are close to Bar Harbor, Otter Cliffs and Service and was one of the principal drivers behind year 1897. Ocean Drive. the creation of national park system nationwide A bronze plaque in memory of Alessandro Fabri The Edwards rely upon outside sources for locat- says Charles Edwards. According to his plaque, he: a pioneer in radio, is in the Fabri Picnic Area, just ing the plaques, Laid the foundation of the National Park Service, beyond Otter Cliffs on the Park Loop Road. The "People who might have seen any plaques while defining and establishing the policies under which inscription honors Fabri, who commanded a U.S. they were hiking in the park or who know of any its areas shall be developed and conserved unim Naval Radio station on the site after its establish- should please contact us," Virginia Edwards says. "We paired for further generations. There will never ment in 1917. would appreciate any information because in order to come an end to the good he has done. The bronze plaque for Lillian Endicott Francklyn find the plaques, people need to come forward. There is a bronze plaque on a granite boulder on 1891-1928 on the Gorge trail is one of the more want to preserve the trails and I would hate to Schoodic Peninsula dedicated to John Godfrey scenic and beautiful ones, says Charles Edwards. see more close because we don't have the money Moore, who died in 1899: The inscription reads as Mounted on a granite wall on the side of the trail for proper maintenance." follows: endowed for Francklyn, the plaque overlooks a If anyone knows of any plaques, inscriptions or A Maine man who loved his native state, where waterfall. old cemeteries within the park boundaries, please he spent, with his family, some of the happiest days The Edwards have determined that most of the call park headquarters at 288-3338 and leave a of his life. He owned Schoodic Peninsula, built the plaques are located on the eastern part of the island message for Charles or Virginia Edwards. Southwest Harbor AR CHARLES W. ELIOTA LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT . PLANNING CONSULTANT 25 RESERVOIR STREET CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS 02138 TELEPHONE: KIRKLAND 7.3714 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GARDENS AND ESTATES CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS Charles and Virginia Edwards Acadia nation al Park august 22, 1990 P.O. Box ITT Bar Hastor Maune 04609 Dear Charles and Virginia Edwards - I have teen glad To read of your work as Volunteers in Park Service in Acadia National Park tracing the history of the Island" - (Bar Hourer Times aug. 9, 1990). as you downtless know my father- Samuel Q. Eliot. and my grandfather a Charles W. Eliot were involves in The hisTory of the Island " and the Park, -my father in the Book. "mr. Desurt. A History "ty george E. Street (edited + written by SAE in 1905) and my grandfather in the founding and work of The Hancock County TrusTees of Public Reservations 1903 - the agency which (under Excee of George B. Doir) assembled most of The properties now comparing Acadia National Park. I hope you will extend your work on Memorial Plaques To the whole of mr. Desert Island. - including the "CWE Plaque on Elist mountain in the property of the AsTicou Terraces Trust and" Memorials in Somesville and other parts of the Island. Charles W. Elior 2nd Yours truly cc Bar Harbor Tumes ELIOT MOUNTAIN VAVED E CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT 81-1025 Historic Plaques + Stone Monuments ANP Charles + Urigania Edwards 1990. ANPA. B 313.F.7. MONUMENT LOCATIONS ACADIA NATIONAL PARK Map Nos. 1. Lillian Endicott Francklyn Bronze tablet ,Gorge... Trail 2. Stratheden Path Boulder near Sieur de Monts 3. George Dorr Metallic tablet, Sieur de Monts 4. Morris K. & Maria DeWitt Jesup Bronze tablet, Jesup Path, Tarn 5. John Innes Kane Bronze tablet on Tarn Trail 6. Kane Path Boulder on Tarn Trail 7. Kurt Diederich's Climb Step in East Slope Trail, Tarn 8. Beachcroft Path Boulder on Hugenot Head Tr.at Rt. 3 9. Atwater Kent Field Bronze Tablet, Schooner Head Road 10.Mather Bronze Tablet, Cadillac Summit 11.Andrew Murray Young Metal Tablet, Canon Brook Tr. 12.Satterlee Field Bronze Tablet, at Sand Beach steps 13.David Phillips McKinney Great Head, above sea cave, Bronze 14.Waldron Bates Bronze Tablet, Gorham Mt. 15.Engel Bronze tablet,Otter Cliffs, chimney 16.Rockefeller Bronze Tablet, Otter Cliffs Path 17. Fabbri Monument Bronze tablet,Fabbri Picnic Area 18.Champlain Monument Bronze tablet, Day Mt. Trail, Rt. 3 19.Van Santvoord Trail Bronze Tablet, East Peak Triad 20.Sarah Cushing Bronze Tablet, Bench, Jordan Pond 21. .Joseph Allen Bronze Tablet, North End Jordan Pond 22.Sargent Drive Bronze Tablet, Sargent Drive 23.Fawn Pond (Charles T.How) Tablet on Cliff, Fawn Pond 24.Lakewood, (Kane & Bridgham) Granite slab at Lake Wood outlet 25.Acadia Mountain Tablet on Cliff, Somes Sound 26.Bar Island (Pryor & Pine) Granite ledge on Bar Island, Sames Sound 27.Sweet Waters of Acadia Granite slab near Sieur deMonts 28.Kurt Diederich Park sign shop 29.Schoodic Point, John Moore Bronze Tablet, Parking Area 30.Eliot Mountain Bronze tablet, Eliot Mtn.Ridge Trail, near Thuya Gardens 31. Joseph Curtis Thuya, Asticou Terrace, Granite 32. Charles Savage Slate Tablet, Thuya Gardens (NOTE: Nos. 23,30,31 and 32 are not on Park lands) GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR LOCATION: Vertical granite slab facing North, 50 feet Sout Nature Center rear door, Sieur de Monts Springs. TYPE OF MONUMENT: Metallic plaque (white metal) measurin inches wide by 41 inches high, with 1 1/4 inch lettering. INSCRIPTION: IN MEMORY OF GEORGE BUCKNAM DORR 1853 - 1944 GENTLEMAN SCHOLAR LOVER OF NATURE FATHER OF THIS NATIONAL PARK STEADFAST IN HIS ZEAL TO MAKE THE BEAUTIES OF THIS ISLAND AVAILABLE TO ALL HALLMARK: None found PHOTO: MEMORY OF WEORCE BUCKNAM DORR I 853 - 1944 Centlembal Scholdr nature this PARK the -16- JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. LOCATION: Approximately 770 feet North of Otter Point trail entrance (trail sign) on Ocean Path. TYPE OF MONUMENT: Bronze plaque measuring 24 1/4" wide by 18 1/2" high with 3/4" lettering on granite cliff facing South,on West side of trail. INSCRIPTION: JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. 1874-1960 THESE GROVES OF SPRUCE AND FIR, THESE GRANITE LEDGES, THIS MAGNIFICENT WINDOW ON THE SEA, WERE GIVEN TO THE UNITED STATES BY JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR. HE WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO SENSE THE NEED TO PRESERVE AMERICA'S NATURAL BEAUTY AND TO SET HIGH STANDARDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. THIS QUIET, DEDICATED CONSERVATIONIST GAVE GENEROUSLY OF HIS TIME, WIS- DOM AND RESOURCES TO HELP ESTABLISH THIS PARK AND OTHERS FOR THE PHYSICAL, CULTURAL AND SPIRITUAL BENEFIT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HALLMARK: None found PHOTO: -10- STEPHEN TYNG MATHER LOCATION: Vertical granite bedrock, facing West just below the summit of Cadillac Mountain. TYPE OF MONUMENT: Bronze plaque measuring 34" wide by 28 3/4" high, with 1" letters. INSCRIPTION: STEPHEN TYNG MATHER JULY 4, 1867 JAN. 22, 1930 HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEFINING AND ESTABLISHING THE POLICIES UNDER WHICH ITS AREAS SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND CONSERVED UNIMPAIRED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THERE WILL NEVER COME AN END TO THE GOOD THAT HE HAS DONE. HALLMARK: None found. PHOTO: STEPHEN TANG MATHER -27- SWEET WATERS OF ACADIA LOCATION: North 66° West 240 feet from a point 510 feet North of North edge of Sieur De Monts Springs Entrance on Park Loop Road (Westward on obscure tote road). TYPE OF MONUMENT: Cut granite slab measuring 54" X 34", with 2 1/2" letters, lying horizontally. Four inches thick with a smooth, rounded top on East side of gully. INSCRIPTION: EAUX DOUCES DE L'ACADIE SWEET WATERS OF ACADIA HALLMARK: None found PHOTO: Photos taken -August, 1990 Mike Bracey-Otter Creek resident Meg Scheid-Acadia National Park Charles and Virginia L. Edwards-VIPs Acadia's Memorial Paths Mrs. John Innes Kane, right, with her sister, Mrs. Bridgham, at the Kane Memorial in Acadia National Park. John Innes Kane, great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, By Gladys O'Neil was a summer resident of Mt. Desert Island. He built the "Breakwater" cottage on the Shore Path in Bar Harbor in 1904. A CADIA NATIONAL PARK on beautiful Mt. Desert Island is crisscrossed by hundreds of miles of paths and trails. They lead through the woods, by ponds and lakes, along streams and rocky shores, and to the mountain tops. This path system was developed and maintained for SEVERAL NEW PATHS were built every year and many years by the Village Improvement Associations of regular maintenance of the older ones were necessary. Bar Harbor. Seal Harbor, Northeast and Southwest The Paths Committee was assisted by some generous Harbors. Each organization maintained its own district members who gave Memorial Paths and often donated within definite boundary lines. additional funds for their future upkeep. A few of these The Bar Harbor Association began its path were obliterated by the forest fire of 1947, or eliminated because of lack of use, but most of them are still well construction program in the summer of 1891 with the traveled. completion by workmen of a series of woodland paths designated as the Southern, Eastern and Western groups. There is the Emery Path. the first section of the Dorr Sketches of these appeared consecutively during July and Mt. Trail. which leads up that mountain from Sieur de August in the Bar Harbor Record, the village's weekly Monts Spring. It was given by Mrs. Alfred Anson in newspaper, to acquaint readers with their exact location. memory of her first husband, John Emery, a former Soon the paths became popular with the early tourists. member of the Paths Committee. The leg stretching, high An invigorating walk in the clean Maine air came to be granite steps of this path remain in the memory of many a part of their daily routine. All of these paths could be tired hiker. When the summit of the mountain is finally easily negotiated by ladies in their long walking skirts. reached, there are good views in all directions, especially to the north and south. Directly to the west the summit of Cadillac Mountain looms, where those walking its summit's trails can look down on those looking up at the Gladys O'Neil, a native of Bar Harbor, is curator at highest mountain on the island. the Bar Harbor Historical Society Museum. Kurt Dietrich's Climb which ascends the eastern elope of Dorr Mt. from the northern end of the Tarn Trail 24 MAINE LIFE June 1981 the grame stops regh almost covered by another step, it is still readable. a climber can see Huguenot Head across the small rge to the east and look down into the Tarn. Mrs. C. Morton Smith's memorial gift was the echcroft Path which leads up the western side of aguenot Head. The trail starts east from Maine Route 3 :ross from the northern end of the Tarn and is marked / a small boulder with the word Beechcroft, the name so of the Smith's summer cottage, cut into its face. As e path zigzags across the ancient rock slide fine views Dorr Mt. open to the west. 3 RONZE TABLETS mark Memorial Paths given by other members. The Kane Path, or Tarn Trail, was resented by Mrs. John Innes Kane in memory of her usband. A small tablet designates its beginning at the orthern end of the Tarn from where it continues south 5 meet the Canon Brook Trail. A larger plaque placed a ttle further along the way is inscribed to John Innes 'ane. He also was a member of the Paths Committee. The Jesup Path leads from Kebo Mountain Road to lieur de Monta Spring and then continues on to join the (ane Path. A memorial tablet to Mr. and Mrs. Morris esup can be seen on the right side of the path, about a live-minute walk from the spring. The Jesups were generous supporters of all of the association's projects. Steps on the Emery Memorial Path on Dorr Mountain. Mrs. Andrew Murray Young provided the funds for a John J. Emery was a Cincinnati and New York real estate memorial path that leads northward from the Canon tycoon and soap and candle manufacturer. He built "The Turrets" on Eden Street in Bar Harbor, now owned by College of the Atlantic. Brook Trail through the valley between Dorr and Cadillac Mountains, joining the Gorge Path. A bronze tablet on a huge boulder in the brook, a short distance from the beginning of the path. is inscribed "In memory of Andrew Murray Young who loved this island where God has given of his beauty with a lavish hand." The Murray Young Path is shown on the Mt. Desert Chamber of Commerce Road and Path Map of 1975, but the trail sign reads Cadillac Mountain. A path through The Gorge, the deep ravine between Dorr and Cadillac Mountains, was dedicated to Lillian Endicott Francklyn by a group of her friends. This path crosses Kebo Brook several times and after an easy start gradually becomes steeper as it passes below large precipices. A large plaque on the northern side of massive Pulpit Rock always in deep shade is probably often passed unseen by hikers intent on keeping a secure footing on the rocky trail. T HE BATES MEMORIAL, the most impressive of all of these, was erected in 1911 by the summer residents of Bar Harbor, Northeast and Southwest Harbors to honor the former Bar Harbor Village Improvement Association president and chairman of their Paths Committee. It was placed under a pink granite overhanging ledge on the Photographs by the author and from the Bar Harbor Bates Memorial on the Cadillac Cliffs Trail. Historical Society June 1981 MAINE LIFE 25 Cadillac Cliffs Trail. This location testifies to Waldron Bate's engineering skill; here the paths cuts through the unusual rock formation found at the base of Gorham Mountain. The Bar Harbor Association also paid tribute to Bates by putting another tablet on a large alab of granite overhanging the Chasm Brook Trail on Sargent Mountain and renaming it the Bates Memorial Path. Bates was not the originator of the woodland paths and trails, but he devoted a great deal of his time to laying out and superintending the construction of the paths, and was thoroughly dedicated to the completion of the entire system on the island. Even after Lafayette National Park (now Acadia) was established on the island in 1919, the Village Improvement Association continued to care for the paths. Later the new park acquired adequate funds to assume the maintenance of all those paths that were unendowed, and eventually the entire system was given into their care. Heirs of those who had given endowment funds agreed that the money should go into the association's general fund. The path network is a delightful addition to this beautiful island and is enjoyed by more people every year. Beechcroft Path in Acadia National Park. "The woods already filled with shadows on June evening. Love of literature all these years, Spenser, Milton, Sarah Orne Jewett, Monet, you have taught me love of life. certainly the stream singing is related to the stream of consciousness of the singing bird and the poem by Chaucer. that reflects it, trees become Illuminated Letters, vowels secretly contain messages from the Sun; it is for that to assert my operatic imprint and the hope that light will emanate from it, like glow from a Spring flower, that make my continuity on the field, on the page; whoever truly reads Petrarca and Poussin becomes idyllic; scenes between consonants within sacraments speak to the living page, the ascending word brighter brighter like the White Heron reminds us of our invulnerable task. John Tagliabue Lewiston (The title is the first line of Sarah Orne Jewett's The White Heron) 96 lune 1981 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials YAHOO! verizon MAIL Classic [Sign Out, Member Center Help Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add - Edit] Previous Next I Back to Messages Inbox (6) Delete Reply Forward Spam Move Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Printable View Sent Unread ] Bulk (2) [Empty] Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:59:06 -0400 Trash [Empty] "Donald Lenahan" View Contact My Folders [Hide] From: Details Add Mobile Alert DorrBio2008 (26) Subject: George Dorr Eliz messages To: "Ron Epp" (5) Horseshoe Pond CC: "Don Lenahan" Member Ron Information I live in Bar Harbor and I'm researching the memorials of Acadia Natl Park. My intent is to present a biographical paragraph of each Ron Archives person identified by the memorial along with photos of the memorial and (31) locational data. I'm a Friends of Acadia volunteer crew leader in the park and a former ridge runner. I've also done volunteer work for Becky Cole- Search Shortcuts Will, the park's cultural resource program manager, and her My Photos predecessor in the park's archives. As a result of talking to Becky about my project, I got your email address. My Attachments Because of your Dorr research, I believe you can help me with two data points: the Dorr memorial at Sieur De Monts spring and his cremation: 1) I understand the original Dorr memorial was destroyed by the Fire of '47 shortly after it was installed. Can you tell me about this memorial and its replacement? Also, were there any other memorials to Dorr in the park or on MDI? 2) I also understand Dorr was cremated and his ashes scattered. Can you tell me about the cremation? Thank you very much, Ron, for your help with this. Best regards, Don Lenahan 288-9412 http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=6442_2255232_13681_2134_1239 7/19/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 1 of 2 Verizon Yahoo! Mail Verizon Central Yahoo! Search: Welcome, eppster2@verizon Mail Home All-New Mail Tutorials verizon MAIL Classic [Sign Out, Member Center Help Mail Contacts Calendar Notepad Options Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Folders [Add - Edit] Previous Next Back to Messages Inbox (6) Delete Reply Forward Move Draft This message is not flagged. [ Flag Message - Mark as Printable View Sent Unread ] Bulk (1) [Empty] Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:43:17 -0700 (PDT) Trash [Empty] "ELIZABETH and RONALD EPP" Add to My Folders [Hide] From: Address Book Add Mobile Alert DorrBio2008 (26) Subject: ANP Memorials Eliz messages To: "Donald Lenahan" (5) Horseshoe Pond Dear Don, Member Information Thanks for the update. Yes, Storm Bearch Cottage is extant and has Ron Archives served as John McDade's residence on several occasions. (31) Regarding the memorials, I assume you have in hand the cumulative listing of memorial that volunteers Charles and Virginia Edwards Search Shortcuts completed in 1990 (BHTimes article in B. 13. f. 3) My Photos How is your project different from theirs? My Attachments On the issue of memorials that did not come to be, just this morning I ran across another set of documents (B. 15. f. 13) revolving around an effort in 1939 by the Brewer family to have a plaque atop Cadillac Mountain. Even though the family received Dorr's endorsement (October 12, 1939), the recouperating NPS Director Arno Cammerer refused approval. (September 27, 1939 to Dorr) In Cammerer's mind the Brewer hotel was clearly not related to the establishment of the Park, this "unwise precedent" might lead to a proliferation of memorials of little significance to the development of the Park. Were you aware of this? Hope this is helpful. Ron Epp Donald Lenahan wrote: Ron Thanks for the information. It's been a huge help. John McDade at park Hqs sent me a copy of the Dorr-Rodick letter, thanks to your info. Thanks too for the cremation info. I believe http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=2197_8749699_80896_709_1957_ 7/19/2008 Verizon Yahoo! Mail - eppster2@verizon.net Page 2 of 2 the Storm Beach house is still in existence and is being used for park employee housing. Just outside the house in the woods to the south are the remains of a garden or something like that. Maybe that's where the ashes were placed. I'll get back in there again soon to scope it out better. But I'll do it tentatively because it's in the area where I believe I got Lyme's disease last year! I went to the Jesup Library yesterday and copied what the BH Times said about the August 1947 memorial dedication. The plaque's wording is the same as the current plaque. The following week's edition showed a picture of the monument, but unfortunately the quality is very poor. Still, one can make out that the shape of the stone the plaque is on does not look like the shape of the current stone. Also, unless the author of the article made some transcription mistakes, there are letter capitalization differences. If you send me your fax number, I'll send you this info. I've asked John to locate a foto of the original memorial so I can compare them. (PS: I see you stated in an FOA article the second memorial came from Cadillac Mtn. Based on what you've sent me, I conclude you've found other info to refute this.) I'll keep searching and will let you know what I find. Best regards, Don Delete Reply Forward Move Previous Next I Back to Messages Save Message Text I Full Headers Check Mail Compose Search Mail Search the Web Copyright © 1994-2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Terms of Service - Guidelines NOTICE: We collect personal information on this site. To learn more about how we use your information, see our Privacy Policy http://us.f842.mail.yahoo.com/ym/ShowLetter?MsgId=2197_8749699_80896_709_1957 7/19/2008 THE MEMORIALS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK on Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula and Isle au Haut Ron - Many thanks Pan Donald P. Lenahan Donald The Memorials P. of Acadia National Park Lenahan dplenah@gmail.com Bar Harbor, ME : D.P. Lenahan, 2010 130pp Chebacco . X (2009) CONTENTS Page Two VOICES, ONE ISLAND: A DIALOGUE 6 JOHN R. GILLIS AND CHRISTINA MARSDEN GILLIS THE FUTURE OF MDI's NATURAL WORLD 22 RUTH GORTNER GRIERSON THE COBBLER'S: A SOMESVILLE HOME 36 FOR THE GENERATIONS THOMAS DRESSER ISLAND POETS & POEMS 45 NANCY Dew TAYLOR ANNE MAZLISH HELLMUT JURETSCHKE CHRISTINE CHRONIS CARL LITTLE THE MEMORIALS OF ACADIA NATIONAL PARK 56 DON LENAHAN NABOBS OF THE NORTHEAST 69 JERRY MILLER LYFORD STANLEY: A MAINE BOAT BUILDER 74 REMEMBERED REMINISCENCES OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY 5 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island Mount Desert Island Historical Society Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society museum@mdihistory.org - 207-276-9323 (updated 8 July 2014) Welcome to the Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island home page, part of the Mount Desert Island Cultural History Project. Purpose of this web page: The purpose of this web page is to present information about Mount Desert Island's markers, monuments, and memorials in an accessible way. These objects usually honor a person or persons (sometimes unnamed), but one marks a site of a former building (first townhouse in Eden). Links to images of the island's monuments, markers, and memorials are provided below. How to contribute: All information (including images) should be e- mailed to museum@mdihistory.org or sent by traditional mail to MDI Markers, Monuments and Memorials, c/o Mount Desert Island Historical Society; P. O. Box 653; Mount Desert, ME 04660. 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island Click on the name of the town you are interested in, or scroll down to see 2. information for all the towns on Mount Desert Island. Southwest Bar Harbor Mount Desert Tremont Harbor Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Armed Forces - at Rodman/Dahlgren cannon near town pier end of Shore Path (cannon with plaque between them; close-up of plaque) Bar Harbor Armed Forces - Bar Harbor Village Green (bench and monument with plaque; close-up of plaque; inscription on end of bench) Bar Harbor Veterans of Foreign Wars - 70 Cottage Street, on the lawn of the American Legion Post (flagpole with rock and plaque; close-up of plaque) Barker, Jean T. - Barker Park, next to Bar Harbor post office; UTM: 19T 0563112, 4915446; Lat./Long.: N 44°23'22.4" X W 68°12'27.4" (park and rock with plaque (2008); park and rock with plaque (2011); plaque) Bates, Waldron - Gorham Mountain trail, just before intersection with south end of Cadillac Cliffs path (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) Bowdoin, Edith G. - near intersection of Route 3 and Schooner Head Road (planter with plaque; close-up of plaque) Bridgham, Fanny Schermerhorn - north end of Lake Wood (stone) Civil War soldiers - Mount Desert Street cemetery (Civil War monument; back of monument) Civilian Conservation Corps - Acadia National Park Headquarters, McFarland Hill (Interpretation headquarters and plaque; close-up of plaque) [photos by Judy Mickens] Cochran, William F. Jr. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 8) Davis, Betty - Blagden Preserve (bench with plaque; plaque) Davis, Richard Slaton - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench) Diederich, Kurt - near base of Kurt Diederich's Climb (close-up of step) Dorr, George Bucknam - Sieur de Monts (monument with plaque; close-up of plaque) Eaux Douces - in woods near Sieur de Monts (rock; close-up of rock) Ells, John B. - town dock, Bar Harbor (monument; plaque) Engel, Fritz F. and Gertrude von Bentheim - Otter Cliffs (cliff with plaque; close-up of plaque) 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island 3. plaque) Ford, Edsel B. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 18) Fox, DeGrasse - intersection of Eagle Lake Road and Route 3 (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque) Francklyn, Lillian Endicott - Gorge Trail (plaque) Garber, Mike and Nettie - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench) Hamblen, Eth and Stan - Blagden Preserve (rock with plaque; plaque) How, Charles T. - ledge on north shore of Fawn Pond; UTM: 19T 0558533, 4917318. On the lower right corner of the plaque (below the bolt) is the inscription "Jno Williams Inc./Bronze Foundry N.Y." (close-up of plaque) How, Charles T. - Woodbury Park (monument in Woodbury Park; close-up of monument; hallmark on side of bronze; article in 16 October issue of The Bar Harbor Times (p. 1, col 6)) Jesup, Morris K. and Maria DeWitt - beside trail at north end of the Tarn (rock with plaque, close-up of plaque) Kane, Annie Cottenet - north end of Lake Wood (stone) Kane, John Innes - west side of Tarn trail (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque) Kent, Atwater - west side of Schooner Head Road; UTM: 19T 0565093, 4911219; Lat./Long.: N 44°21'4.8" X W 68°10'59.8" (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque) Lincoln, Abraham - on oak tree across from parking lot for Blagden Preserve; UTM: 19T 0550604, 4914572 (oak trees, plaque on left tree; close-up of plaque) Liscomb, Shirley M. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 3) Mather, Stephen Tyng - near summit of Cadillac Mountain (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) McKinney, David Phillips - Great Head; N 44°19.593" X W 68°10.610" (plaque) [photo by Linda Lang] Morrell, Edward - along east side of Route 3; UTM: 19T 0563805, 4912585; Lat./Long.: N 44°21'49.4" X W 68°11'57.4" Newlin, E. Mortimer - College of the Atlantic Campus (rock; close-up of rock) O'Brien, John J. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 15) O'Brien, Louise W. - Kebo Valley Golf Club (tee 6) Roberts, John Whittington - Bar Harbor Village Green (bench; close-up of lettering) Rockefeller, John D. Jr. - Otter Cliffs (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) Rose, Doug - College of the Atlantic campus (bench; close-up of bench) Satterlee, Louisa P. - near top of stairs at Sand Beach (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque) Schieffelin, William Jay Jr. and Annette - garden at La Rochelle, home of Maine Seacoast Missionary Society (garden with plaque; close-up of plaque) seafarers - Maine Sea Coast Missionary Society grounds, 127 West Street (facing the building from West Street, the stone [with plaque], flag pole, and anchor are on the lawn to your right) (flags, anchor, and stone with plaque; anchor and stone with 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island town house, site of first built in Eden - near Salisbury Cove cemetery (rock with plaque; close-up of plaque) Wood, Donald A. - bandstand on Bar Harbor Village Green (bandstand; rock with plaque; plaque) Young, Andrew Murray - east branch of Canon Brook; UTM: 19T 0562532, 4910072; Lat./Long.: N 44°20'28.4" X W 68°12'55.9" (plaque) Mount Desert Allen, Albert and Mimi - Seal Harbor Village Green (bench with plaque; close-up of plaque) Allen, Joseph - beside Jordan Pond Trail just north of intersection with Jordan Pond Carry Trail (rock with plaque; close-up of plaque) Champlain, Samuel de - north of Route 3, between Seal Harbor and Otter Creek; UTM: 19T 0561634, 4905455 (monument; plaque on side facing Route 3 and ocean; upper plaque on reverse side of monument; lower plaque on reverse side of monument) Chase, Joseph P. Jr. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Chilles, George M. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Clement, John - Seal Harbor (monument with plaque; close-up of plaque) Colket, Ruth and Tristram - east side of Jordan Pond; UTM: 19T 0559688, 4908668 (rock with plaque; close-up of plaque) Cooksey, George Borwick - Cooksey Drive, Seal Harbor (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) Curtis, Joseph Henry - Asticou Terrace path; UTM: 19T 0557498, 4905428 (full monument; closer view of monument) Cushing, Sarah Eliza Sigourney (wife of Edward Tuckerman) - bench at southeast edge of Jordan Pond (bench with plaque; close-up of plaque) Eliot, Charles William - Eliot Mountain ridge trail, 1/4 mile north of Thuya Garden (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) Frost, Richard - at turn in Giant Slide Trail; UTM: 19T 0556076, 4911170; Lat./Long.: N 44°21'5.9" X W 68°17'47.1" (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque) Graves, Donald F. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Grindle, Kenneth F. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Kelley, Francis G. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Lurvey, Lester J. - Northeast Harbor Armed Forces monument across from 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island 5. Lurvey_plaque); Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Moore, Ralph - Northeast Harbor Armed Forces monument across from Northeast Harbor library (Northeast Harbor Armed Forces monument; Ralph Moore plaque) Musetti, Joseph T. Jr. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll; U.S. Navy River Patrol Boat plaque) Northeast Harbor Armed Forces - across from Northeast Harbor library (monument with plaques) Northeast Harbor Veterans - park - near boat dock; UTM: 19T 0557006, 4904752 (Veterans Park monument) Parker, Robert H. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Pine, John Buckley - north end of Bar Island in Somes Sound Pryor, James Williamson - north end of Bar Island in Somes Sound Rand, Edward Lothrop - south end of Seaside Trail, Seal Harbor; N 44°18.012" X W 68°14.658" (rock with plaque; plaque) [photos by Judy Mickens] Reddish, Elaine Higgins - lawn next to Somesville library (bench; plaque) Reynolds, Ralph W. - Northeast Harbor Armed Forces monument across from Northeast Harbor library (Northeast Harbor Armed Forces monument; Ralph Reynolds plaque); Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Sargeant, Samuel Duncan - Sargeant Drive (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) Savage, Charles Kenneth - Thuya Garden (ledge with plaque; close-up of plaque) [photos by Judy Mickens] Smallidge, Mazie E. - flag pole and flag in front of Pretty Marsh schoolhouse (Pretty Marsh schoolhouse and plaque; close-up of plaque) Smith, Cornelius (husb. of Mary Wheeler) - granite cliff on Somes Sound Smith, Julian G. - Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Somes, Abraham - Somesville, near scenic bridge in village (millstones and plaque; close-up of plaque) Somes, Thaddeus Shepley - Somesville, scenic bridge in village (bridge with stone; close-up of stone) Van Santvoord - near summit of Triad (Triad summit and plaque; close-up of plaque) [photos by Judy Mickens] Wheeler, Mary (wife of Cornelius Smith) - granite cliff on Somes Sound Wright, Leslie D. - Seal Harbor (stone with plaque; close-up of plaque); Northeast Harbor Veterans Memorial Park (Northeast Harbor honor roll) Southwest Harbor 7/14/2019 Markers, Monuments, and Memorials of Mount Desert Island 6, Hamblen, Walter - near Harbor House (bell; close-up of bell; plate) Hudson, Joan - on side of Harbor House (plaque) lost at sea - next to Harbor Master's office in Manset; UTM: 19T 0554954, 4901997; Lat./Long.: N 44°16'8.9" X W 68°18'41.2" (monument; close-up of plaque) Norwood, Eugene M. - "square" at intersection of Route 102 and Seal Cove Road (sign marking "square") Norwood, Maurice W. - "square" at intersection of Route 102 and Seal Cove Road (stone) Parker, Ida May - tomb in Mount Height Cemetery (tomb, plaque) Smith, Bev - garden beside Harbor House (plaque) Spiker, Larue - near Harbor House (bench with plaque; close-up of plaque) Veterans' Honor Roll - public square west of Route 102 just south of intersection with Clark Point Road (left side of honor roll; right side of honor roll) Veterans' of All Conflicts - in front of American Legion Hall (legion hall; plaque) Tremont Ashley, Fred - [in front of Tremont Community Center] Carter, Roy - [in front of Tremont Community Center] Galley, Clarence - [in front of Tremont Community Center] Jewett, Melvin "Bud" - Tremont fire station (Tremont fire station; fire station sign and plaque; plaque) Jordan, H. Oliver - Tremont fire station (Tremont fire station; fire station sign and plaque; plaque) Reed, Herbert - [in front of Tremont Community Center] Reed, W. Stanley - beside Route 102A in Bass Harbor (park; close-up of plaque) Sawyer, George - [in front of Tremont Community Center] Sea Memorial - near Bernard dock (Tremont Sea Memorial monument; close-up of plaque) Swaszey, Joseph - [in front of Tremont Community Center] The Memorials of Acadia National Park Page 1 of 46 More Next Blog Create Blog Sign In 8361908 HEMOR HCMX PATHMAKER This blog highlights the memorials of Acadia National Park. Some of the memorials CO establish the Park. Others honor people who cherished this beautiful area. The blog alsc Acadia NP. No part of this blog may be reproduced without the author's permission. Tuesday, August 7, 2012 Robert McGaunn - A Solemn Memorial on a Mountain Top About This is an unusual post, as I never intended to write about an accident in Acadia National Park. My intention was to stick with the subject of plaques and granite memorials and memorial paths. There is, however, a memorial of sorts in the Park located near the summit of Cedar Swamp Mountain on Mount Desert Island, ME that should be mentioned. It remains in testimony to Robert McGaunn, who lost his life in a plane crash there in 1970 at the age of 49. McGaunn, born in Massachusetts in 1921, was certified as an airline transport pilot with 6000 hours of Blog A flying time. As senior pilot for Aircraft Services International, he was flying solo, ferrying a four- 2013 ( passenger, single-engine Piper PA-24 Comanche, aircraft registration nr. N9349P, from Lock Haven, http://acadiamemorials.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-09-05T16:03:00-04:00&a.. 12/1/2013 The Memorials of Acadia National Park Page 2 of 46 PA to a customer in Gander, Newfoundland. On 30 June 1970 he refueled at Boston's Logan 2012 ( International Airport, where he received a weather briefing. He took off and proceeded on his 900- Dec mile delivery flight to Gander under visual flight rules (VFR). En route he flew into adverse weather Nov conditions, which would have required his flying under instrument flight rules (IFR). McGaunn, who was IFR rated, for unknown reasons continued to fly with a 300-foot cloud ceiling in the rain and Oct visibility-obscuring fog. He did not complete his trip and was reported missing on that date. A U.S. Sep and Canadian search was started along the route of his expected flight path to Gander, which would Aug have been mainly over water. They found no wreckage. Nearly three months after McGaunn had I departed Boston a pilot from nearby Trenton, ME spotted the wreckage while flying over Cedar Swamp Mountain and informed investigators. McGaunn's body was recovered on 29 September 1970. He is buried with his wife, Maxine (King), in Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Crockett, TX. According to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report of the accident, he collided with trees at about 30 feet above ground level at approximately 942 feet above mean sea level. There was fire after impact. The NTSB determined the accident was the result of pilot error. July Jun- We likely will never learn why this accident happened. McGaunn was an experienced pilot. He retired May from the U.S. Air Force as a captain who flew in the Korean War and was awarded the Distinguished Apr Flying Cross for his heroism. Subsequently he ferried aircraft to Europe. Not all of his ferry flights went smoothly. The Lubbock (TX) Avalanche-Journal reported in its 9 February 1970 edition that McGaunn had made an emergency landing at Shannon airport after flying the last 1,000 miles over the Atlantic on only one of two engines. He was delivering a Piper Aztec to a customer in Geneva, Switzerland. The wreckage of PA-24 rests hidden in the woods about 500 feet north of the Cedar Swamp Mountain http://acadiamemorials.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-09-05T16:03:00-04:00&a.. 12/1/2013 The Memorials of Acadia National Park Page 3 of 46 summit. It's a solemn site, where a visitor will respectfully ponder several things: how did it happen and what was going on in the pilot's mind as he drew deeply on his skills to find a way out of his dilemma. The visitor will also contemplate what it was like for his family not to know what happened to him while he was missing for three months. Perhaps, too, after absorbing it all and before leaving, the visitor will bow in silent prayer for the soul of pilot and war hero Robert McGaunn. airplane crash site hiking track Cedar Swamp Mtn smt GPS coordinates: Cedar Swamp Mtn summit: N44° 19.692' W068° 16.571' Accident site: N44° 19.749' W068° 16.621 Posted by Don Lenahan at 1:26 PM No comments: Recommend this on Google Sunday, July 29, 2012 Stephen Mather - Founder and First Director of the National Park Service This July I had the chance to celebrate my birthday with my family in Yellowstone National Park, http://acadiamemorials.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-09-05T16:03:00-04:00&a. 12/1/2013 The Memorials of Acadia National Park Page 4 of 46 Wyoming. It was my 10th visit to this wonderful and exciting park. In addition to enjoying the spectacular scenery and magnificent wildlife, I thought I'd take some time to seek out the Mather memorial. This memorial commemorates Stephen Tyng Mather, the first director of the National Park Service, the federal bureau under which America's national parks are managed. Mather was born in San Francisco, California in 1867 and graduated from the University of California in 1887 with a bachelor degree in literature. His first job was with The Sun, a New York City daily newspaper later famous for its 1897 editorial "Is there a Santa Claus?" In 1893 he married Jane Thacker Floy of Elizabeth, New Jersey. That same year Mather left the newspaper business and entered the borax manufacturing business, in which he became a millionaire. He used his wealth to acquire scenic lands, which he donated to the U.S. Government. In 1914 Mather was asked by Department of Interior Secretary Franklin K. Lane for help in managing the country's parks. He accepted and in 1915 became Lane's assistant secretary. Mather successfully lobbied Congress to support legislation to create the National Park Service and in 1916 the NPS came into being under President Woodrow Wilson. Mather was appointed its first director in 1917, a position he held until 1929. Mather died the following year in a Brookline, Massachusetts hospital following a stroke. He and Jane are buried in the Mather Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut. According to the NPS, "Mather recognized magnificent scenery as the primary Mather criterion for establishment of national parks. He was very careful to evaluate choices for parks, wishing the parks to stand as a collection of unique monuments. He felt those areas which were duplicates might best be managed by others." The beauty and uniqueness of each of the national parks clearly attest to that ambition. Bronze bas relief memorials to Mather, like the one I sought in Yellowstone NP, were installed in many national parks soon after his death. The memorial in Yellowstone was installed in 1932 and is located at Madison Junction. Mather Memorial Dedication - Yellowstone NP 1932 NPS Historic Photo Collection http://acadiamemorials.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-09-05T16:03:00-04:00&a... 12/1/2013 Mather Memorial - Yellowstone NP July 2012 Acadia National Park in Maine has a Mather memorial, also installed in 1932, on the summit of Cadillac Mountain. Mather Memorial - Acadia National Park In 2010, upon returning from a trip to Australia, I located another Mather memorial in the Chisos Basin of Big Bend National Park, Texas. Mather Memorial - Big Bend National Park The Memorials of Acadia National Park Page 6 of 46 All the memorials are identical. They state: STEPHEN TYNG MATHER JULY.4.1867 JAN.22.1930 HE LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE DEFINING AND ESTABLISHING THE POLICIES UNDER WHICH ITS AREAS SHALL BE DEVELOPED AND CONSERVED UNIMPAIRED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. THERE WILL NEVER COME AN END TO THE GOOD THAT HE HAS DONE. Stephen Tyng Mather NPS photo It is my goal to find the Mather memorials in the national parks I visit and pause to remember the "Father" of the U.S. National Park Service and appreciate the good that he has done for us. Perhaps you will now also engage in this interesting quest. GPS coordinates: Mather memorial in Acadia NP: N44° 21.148' W068° 13.454' Mather memorial in Yellowstone NP: N44° 38.538' W110° 51.741' Posted by Don Lenahan at 1:04 PM No comments: Recommend this on Google Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Acadia Mountain - a Memorial Gift to Acadia National Park Many people love to hike the moderately strenuous Acadia Mountain in Acadia National Park, but perhaps they don't know how it came into Park hands. On the east side of Acadia Mountain, in an almost inaccessible location just above the high-tide line of Somes Sound, is a bronze memorial plaque that explains it: ACADIA MOUNTAIN GIVEN TO THE PUBLIC IN MEMORY OF http://acadiamemorials.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-09-05T16:03:00-04:00&a.. 12/1/2013