"Theodore Roosevelt and the Mount Desert Triumvirate" Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural 10/3/21, 7:52 PM About Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site About The TR Site is a unit of the National Park Service, the only NPS location in Western New York. Since its inception, the Site has been managed by a local board of trustees, the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Foundation, through a cooperative agreement with NPS. The Museum Now you can step back in time and into the world that TR knew. Walk where he walked, see and hear the challenges he faced, and get a sense of what it was like to lead our nation during such a pivotal time in its history. View More Our Foundation https://www.trsite.org/about 2/8 Page |1 Theodore Roosevelt & the Mount Desert Triumvirate September 27, 2016 THEODORE ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL SITE I want to thank Curator Lenora Henson for this opportunity to return yet again to western New York where nearly fifty years ago I majored in history at the University of Rochester and then pursued graduate work in philosophy for my doctorate at the new State University of New York at Buffalo. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak this evening about little known-and greatly underappreciated-historic conservation developments in Maine that dovetailed with the rise of President Roosevelt's environmental agenda. Indeed, I argue in my biography-Creating Acadia National Park-- that without Roosevelt's "Bully Pulpit," many conservation efforts at the local, state, and regional level would surely have failed. According to biographer Andrew Vietze (Becoming Teddy Roosevelt. Camden: DownEast Books, 2010) the State of Maine was "a crucible of sorts for Roosevelt and the seeds of conservation that he would go on to plant were sown right here [in Maine] when he was an impressionable young man." Experience in lumber camps and on hunting adventures with Island Falls guide Bill Sewall hardened TR during his Harvard years; an ascent of Mt. Katahdin he described in "My Debt to Maine" as 'qualified joy'. After graduation, TR spent time on Mount Desert Island to inspire his writing of the authoritative Naval War of 1812 (1882). Page I 2 Few recall today Roosevelt's remarkable September 6th 1901 train ride from Burlington VT across New York State to the bedside of the critically wounded President William McKinley. The assassination attempt removed the vice-president from the conservation issues that brought him to Lake Champlain where he was speaking then to the Vermont Fish and Game Commission ion Isle LaMotte (this is well detailed in Douglas Brinkley's superb 2009 biography of Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Warrior). Many will recall that McKinley's condition improved over the next few days and the vice-president's family retired to the Adirondacks-near the town of Newcomb--where an ascent of Mt. Marcy, the tallest mountain in New York State, was planned. The ascent on September 12th was successful; McKinley's battle for life was not. TR recalled in his autobiography that late that afternoon a telegram was delivered to the party now ready to descend, informing the vice-president that the president's condition had deteriorated- followed shortly thereafter by another that McKinley was dying and urging his return to Buffalo. The 35-mile buckboard trip southeast to North Creek is now legendary as is the news Roosevelt received at the train station of McKinley's death three hours prior to his arrival at the train station. What strikes me is the coincidence of events on September 12th. Roosevelt had achieved a personal goal by ascending Mt. Marcy and viewing lands recently protected through the 1885 establishment of the Forest Preserve and-in 1892-Adirondack Park. As a former Governor of New York, TR knew that the 2.5 million acre Forest Preserve had been further protected constitutionally in 1895 by the "Forever Wild" provisions. Unknown to him was a gathering that very same morning on Mount Desert Island that realized a personal and complementary Page I 3 goal of the president of the University from which Roosevelt had graduated in 1880. There is an amusing tale of TR being part of a committee of students who went to the offices of Harvard's chief executive. "Overwhelmed, TR stammered forth an inverted introduction. 'Mr. Eliot, I am President Roosevelt.' Ironically, this would become true. (Donald G. Wilhelm. Theodore Roosevelt as an Undergraduate. Boston: J.W. Luce & Co., 1910). But in 1901 Harvard University president Charles William Eliot was revered as the most influential figure in the history of American higher education. He was about to begin his thirty- second year in that role. Classes had not yet begun in Cambridge, and Eliot's traditional Downeast Maine summer was drawing to a close. His eldest son, landscape architect Charles Eliot, had recently died at 37 years of age of spinal meningitis- and his father was completing a massive 700-page biography of his son which included his conservation plans and publications, much an outgrowth of his work with partner Frederick Law Olmsted. But on this day in early September, Charles W. Eliot was putting his signature on a document in Bar Harbor that incorporated the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations, the offspring of the world's first land trust which Charles Eliot had established in Massachusetts in 1891, six years before his tragic death. The senior Eliot had gathered together prominent seasonal and permanent island residents who loved the wild charm of this island first discovered by Samuel de Champlain in 1604-and felt growing concern about the increase in private ownership that might soon deprive the public of access to many of the island beautiful mountains, scenic points of interest, valleys, and lakes. These men owned private estates but were offended when they and others could not move freely; and so they offered their land and sought gifts from others for the purpose of preserving chosen Page I 4 parts of the coastal scenery, securing for the future an important natural part of human prosperity for generations to come. Within fifteen years this county land trust would offer to the federal government 5,000 acres as a gift to the nation, becoming the first national park east of the Mississippi River. This expression of public philanthropy-from a group of private citizens-- to advance the national parks was the first of its kind at the federal level that was initiated by an organization--the HCTPR (See "Philanthropy and the National Parks." www.nps.gov/history/history/hisnps/NPS History/philanthropy.HTM) These two September 12th, 1901 events-one on a mountain top in the Adirondacks and another at a seaside resort on the coast of Maine-are both responses to the impact of 9th-century industrialization and the political and cultural impact of great wealth. Progressivism is the name of this reform movement. A key pillar of Roosevelt's progressivism was the emerging conservationist philosophy expressed itself first in the writings of Vermonter George Perkins Marsh, New York surveyor Verplank Colvin, Massachusetts landscaper Charles Eliot, and others. As Roosevelt come down the slopes of Mt. Marcy, Eliot charged another Harvard graduate, George B. Dorr, with the task of turning public philanthropy away from its customary expression through benefactions to museums, hospitals, and social institutions-and toward the protection of our environment. Known more for culture than conservation, Mount Desert would lead New England into a new consciousness Seven months later, Eliot invited to Harvard the new president of the United States to accept a Doctor of Laws degree; and in turn TR invited Eliot to the White House for a few days to see what plans he had set in motion. What united the two was the conviction-expressed by TR-that "the rights of the public to Page I 5 natural resources outweigh private rights, and ought to be given its first consideration." In the years that followed their relationship deepened. As Eliot's personal secretary explained, "among the public men with whom President Eliot had frequent correspondence were two Presidents of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson." (Jerome D. Greene, "CWE-Anecdotal Reminiscences," Cambridge Historical Society 33 [1950]). Indeed, the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes of Harvard reminds us that it was TR who said that "I have never envied any man more than President Eliot. "("The Preservation Legacy of Charles William Eliot," 2007) But you might ask, what does all of this have to do with the creation of Acadia National Park? Let me first ask, will those of you who have not visited the Park raise your hands? So, some context is necessary. MDI is situated in the Gulf of Maine, roughly 200 miles northeast of Boston. Its 110 square miles of soaring landscapes are barely detached from the indented Maine coastline. A short causeway connects the two. Glaciation and the constant power of the Atlantic Ocean produced the most prominent feature of the island: a range of granite mountains extending across its southern half. Seen from above the eastern half of the isle is separated from the western half by a five-mile-long, very deep inlet known as Somes Sound. Warm summer sunshine envelopes the spruce-fir and northern hardwood forests that lie beneath the rugged prominence of Cadillac Mountain, the highest mountain on the eastern seaboard between Newfoundland and Rio de Janeiro. A mobile community of native American hunters, fishers, and gatherers came seasonally to this area before Samuel de Page 6 Champlain's arrival in 1604. Despite Old World attempts by the French and English to colonize the area, as late as the beginning of the 19th-century, Mount Desert remained remote and inaccessible. Nature writers and artists in the first half of the 19th- century generated popular interest in its dramatic scenic beauty and with railroad expansion after the Civil War, affluent seasonal visitors accustomed to the fineries of Newport and Saratoga traveled north from Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. Two prominent Boston families prove central to our story. Charles and Mary Dorr began raising their family in Jamaica Plain, a Boston suburb. Just prior to the onset of the Civil War this Boston merchant purchased a new elite townhouse being built on Commonwealth Avenue, a real estate benefit of filling in the Back Bay. Several blocks east across the Boston Common resided the Charles W. Eliot family. This son of the former Treasurer of Harvard University and Mayor of Boston, C.W. was a chemistry professor at MIT and Harvard College who would soon occupy-in 1869--the office of President of Harvard Unuiversiy. Inspired by Mount Desert, both families began journeying there and by 1880 each had summer homes erected, the Dorrs in Bar Harbor and the Eliots ten miles southeast in Northeast Harbor. Over the next two decades much of the shoreline and some mountainsides were being developed, the common land being privatized. By the beginning of the 20th-century, some summer people-known as Rusticators-felt that the cherished landscape was being lost. Harvard's president stepped forward and applied the principles to the shores of Maine that had worked well in Massachusetts. This (HCTPR) was the world's second land trust, the first bei ng established a decade earlier by Dr. Eliot's son. Now, through gift and purchase, the most admired raw lands of Mount Desert would be set aside for permanent public use. This Page I 7 was a first step in trying to preserve what had first attracted those from away to the island, those "from away" who were also in flight from a variety of misfortunes that increasingly afflicted growing cities: unsightly housing, immigrant overcrowding, sanitation threats, industrial processes and their attendant wastes, and the oppressive heat of summer. Where might one escape the restrictive impact of these infirmities? The acknowledged "Father of Acadia National Park", George Bucknam Dorr, was predictably lauded but few knew more than a few anecdotes about his origins-and the same was true for Harvard president, Charles W. Eliot. Frequently philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. was emphasized for his financing of carriage road expansion. I began to suspect that while not many on Mount Desert knew much about the Harvard Eliot, research at Cambridge might show that few Harvard people knew much about the Mount Desert Eliot. It became clear that my talents would best serve this special place through a thorough analysis of the historical records. Could I uncover sufficient evidence to demonstrate connections between the historically-rich experiences of the founders off the island and their contributions on Mount Desert Island to the founding and initial administration of the park? Page I 8 While the recently published biography details my findings, tonight I want to focus on the process that made writing about these conservation giants so satisfying. My experience as a university educator, managing editor of an Association of College and Research Libraries serial publication, and academic library administrator were assets for the research challenges ahead. What began in 2001 as an inquiry into few seemingly unrelated questions, within a few years the questions, methods, and findings were grouped thematically and public talks and publications followed. By 2004 the depth and range of my findings clearly indicated that a biography the park father and his associates-including those engaged in establishing the National Park Service-was required by the scholarship previously uncovered. Interviews and archival research at repositories westward from Maine to California-and eastward from North Carolina to the York countryside in England-- yielded provocative findings even as I misjudged my own timeline, thinking that publication would be far in advance of the 1916 centennial of the establishment of the National Park Service and Acadia National Park. Their establishment--within Page I 9 seven weeks of one another-would be intertwined in my book. Moreover, since conservation histories made light of Acadia National Park, I had to conceptually situate the importance of this federalized land trust movement within the history of New England conservation history. Dorr's unpublished correspondence with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874- 1960) and his less restrained letters to and from Harvard president C.W. Eliot (1834-1926) provided the key manuscript resources for this study. There is a well-known descriptor for the three-fold union of philanthropist Rockefeller, educator Eliot, and park creator Dorr: "The Acadian Trimvirate." For it is only through their relationships with one another that Acadia National Park came into being. The Sawtelle Research Center at Acadia National Park, the National Archives, the New England Historic and Genealogical Society, and the Massachusetts Historical Society were the key archives for repeated visits researching Dorr legacy; Harvard University Archives provided the bulk of documentation for Dr. Eliot; and the Rockefeller Archive Center in Tarrytown served the philanthropist handsomely. Supplementing this Page I 10 institutional foundation, dozens of interviews with Rockefeller and Eliot family members were undertaken as well as with others whose thoughts would bear on the themes of this biography. This detective work quite obviously was time-consuming, largely solitary, and appeared at times as an endless enterprise. But on a more elevated plane, Dorr's environmental legacy was a tabula rasa, a blank slate. With one exception (e.g., Harvard senior year forecasting note), none of his writings prior to his fortieth year survive. He has been almost entirely ignored by both academics and popularizers. Dorr's memorabilia in a fragmented state went unprocessed and subsequently ignored in the Bar Harbor Historical Society. No graduate student had pursued Dorr as a subject worthy of a completed thesis or dissertation. Only one interview was ever undertaken; subsequently published in a little read serial, Maine Highways, its author, B. Morton Havey, argued that "this man [should] receive the fullest credit for his accomplishment. However, Mr. Dorr throughout the interview did "not feel it necessary or expedient to associate his own personality with Acadia National Park." Dorr was highly adept at "courteously, but efficiently, [avoiding] my direct questioning." Only as recently as Page I 11 the 1990's did NPS historian Richard Quin publish an account of Dorr's contributions to the Park (i.e. ANP Roads and Bridges, 1994-1997). Cynics might explain this shallowness of research by claiming that Dorr's achievements did not warrant more than what had been entered into the published records. A few days, however, in College Park Maryland at the National Archives corrected this misperception. Tens of thousands of NPS official documents relative to Acadia National Park detail the park's first three decades, place Dorr's achievements within the context of NPS policies and the larger political climate, and offer abundant evidence of the conservation principles guiding Dorr's governance. Most fascinating are hundreds of monthly superintendent reports in the National Archives submitted by Dorr to the NPS, each containing insights into Dorr's intentions and behavior-exactly what I had been looking for! Yet as with all research one examines primary resource materials in light of what one knows at that given moment. I neglected to look in sufficient depth at the documentation of Dorr's superiors spanning three decades. Similarly, when examining the papers of Dorr's maternal grandfather at the Massachusetts Historical Society I only later Page I 12 realized that I had narrowed by research to too limited a number of years in his grandfather's life. This awareness comes months or years later as the breadth of one's knowledge has expanded- and sometimes too late to return to the originals. My experience as a philosopher teaching environmental ethics certainly brought me in touch with major thinkers. What I found lacking was attention to the conservation efforts of New Englanders-with only passing references to David Thoreau and George Perkins Marsh who argued that "Man is everywhere a disturbing agent. Wherever he plants his foot, the harmonies of natured are turned to discord." Historical facts that I uncovered in archival records contributed to my appreciation for the distinctive New England approach to land conservation, one unlike other regions of America. These themes- -SO well-articulated by Charles H.W. Foster-- are (1) a commitment to self-determination, (2) emphasis on innovation, (3) a reliance on individual leadership "as a first resort," (4) a strong investment in place, (5) a long history of civic engagement, and lastly, (6) deep ethical concerns for the environment (20th-Century New England Land Conservation, HUP, 2009). Page I 13 As my writing progressed I was repeatedly impressed by new online references that would have made my inquiry more efficient and accurate if only they had been available earlier in the process (e.g., Massachusetts Horticultural Society Proceedings). Quite unlike the Gilded Age of Mr. Dorr, we live in a culture where nearly everything is conveniently delivered to meet our needs. There seems to be a telecommunication solution for any commodity that is sought. However, most documents and images that I required would not be transmitted to me electronically. I was required to visit the archival repository to access the resource. Why? The risk of loss of originals was too great, the materials too fragile. To access books, photographs, postcards, deeds, sound recordings, moving images, and other cultural artifacts requires legwork--not keystrokes-- to travel to where these "treasures" are stored. Often it is only through personal contact and the cultivation of trust that the existence of an intellectual resource is disclosed. Briefly, two examples come to mind, opportunities to dramatically add to the historical record that occurred after I had completed the Creating Acadia National Park. We all know that it is important to honor founders of worthwhile institutions and enterprises, and to remember them not for their sakes but for our sakes, and not for the sake of the past alone but for the sake of the future. Men like Dorr, Eliot, and Rockefeller were intensely concerned about the future of the place that each discovered in his own unique way. They expended vast amounts of energy to originate, develop, and perfect strategies to conserve what Eliot articulated as the durable values of life. "The things that last, that are not creatures of fashion, the things that do not come and go; for out of this conviction derived the principle of conservation. Page I 14 Moreover, Eliot shared with the other founders that belief he so earnestly fostered at Harvard College, the notion of the public good; that the durability of the good implies that everyone should benefit from it, not only the wealthy; these three men, each derivative of an elitist heritage, became convinced that something of beauty should be preserved for the public and not for the privileged few. Their words and actions on conservation were democratic to the core. And each had very specific interests in landscape, in reflecting seriously on what lay beneath our feet and was almost universally taken for granted-and in that unreflective process too often dismissed as unworthy of design. In the end, I hope that my book reveals what can be accomplished when three men align with a common-and expansive-vision and take the necessary steps to achieve it. Others might see on this island a collection of small farms, a vast untracked wilderness, waterways, and undeveloped resources- where they saw an environment for the national and public good. Collectively they were able to persuade others not only to invest in their vision but to take the unprecedented step to engage the federal government in protecting it. One hopes that this is a generational lesson for all of us. 8/26/2020 Xfinity Connect Re_editorial_wnyheritage_org Printout RONALD EPP 8/26/2020 11:06 AM Re: editorial@wnyheritage.org To Douglas DeCroix Dear Mr. DeCroix, Thank you for responding to my request to be added to your newsletter distribution list. It occurred to me that you might have an interest in an article that I am revising. The environmental significance of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt's descent from Mount Marcy on September 12, 1901 has been well documented. What has not been previously joined with this fact is that on that same date a commitment was made in a Bar Harbor law office that dovetailed with the inception of the Roosevelt conservation agenda. At the same time, Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and a dozen Mount Desert Island neighbors signed the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations incorporation papers. In forming an organization to conserve for public use the unique natural beauties of this Downeast island they created the world's second land trust--the first being established a decade earlier in Massachusetts by Eliot's son. As President Roosevelt championed a vast conservation movement, the Trustees assembled private lands that became Acadia National Park. This temporal intersection of different Progressive strategies was first presented in a 2016 public address in Buffalo at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. If you have interest in publishing this roughly 2,000-word article, please contact me. You can find additional professional information about me by googling "Epp & Acadia." Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. 7 Peachtree Terrace https://connect.xfinity.com/appsuite/v=7.10.3-6.20200722.052513/print.html?print_1598454413968 1/3 6/10/2020 "Writing About Conservation Giants" I inSITE I Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Collections (26) Community (28) General (54) Issues of the Day, Issues of Today (22) Speaker Recap (42) Recent Posts "Writing About Conservation Giants" Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 1 hote I feel like I should start this post with a disclaimer: Acadia National Park, on Maine's Mount Desert Island, is one of my all-time favorite places, ever. Which explains why I was SO excited when Ronald Epp (who recently finished the first booklenath hiography of park founder George Bucknam Dorr) contacted me 6/10/2020 "Writing About Conservation Giants" I inSITE Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site to find out if the TR Site would be interested in having him speak about this unsung hero of the American environmental movement and the pioneering role he played in the development of a unique conservation model. Needless to say, when Dr. Epp arrived last month and began weaving a complex story of philanthropy and environmental conservation, aided and inspired by Harvard connections, I was fascinated. Dr. Epp began his remarks by pointing out that September 14th, 1901 was an important day for the environmental conservation movement on at least two levels. That was the day that Theodore Roosevelt -- the first and arguably the most enthusiastic president to put conservation on the national agenda -- took the oath of office. On the same day, a small group of men met on Maine's Mount Desert Island and took the first steps in the lengthy process that ultimately led to the creation of Acadia National Park. It should probably be noted that Maine and Mount Desert Island were both familiar to the new president. While he was an undergraduate at Harvard, TR spent time in Maine -- an interlude that some scholars suggest was critical to his appreciation of the natural world and his evolution as a conservationist. After graduation in 1880, Roosevelt returned to Maine and spent time on Mount Desert Island. TR hiked Mount Desert's mountains, sailed its waters, and rode horseback on its trails. The oceanside setting also provided inspiration as he worked on his first book, The Naval War of 1812. The men who met on Mount Desert Island twenty years later, as Roosevelt was being inaugurated in Buffalo, were brought together by Charles W. Eliot. Perhaps best-known for his role as president of Harvard, Eliot's family had long-standing connections to Mount Desert Island and his oldest son was a pioneering landscape architect. In the last years of the nineteenth century, Eliot watched with concern as development began interfering with Mount Desert Island's landscapes and public access to that land was being restricted by new owners. Thus, Eliot arranged a series of late summer meetings in 1901 that led to the formation of a land trust known as the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations (HCTPR). The handful of men who formed HCTPR sought "to acquire, by gift or purchase, land deemed important for its scenic or historic value - and then manage it for public use." Working closely with Eliot and serving as HCTPR's first Vice President was George Bucknam Dorr, another "Harvard man" whose familial connection to Mount Desert Island began in 1868. Dorr gave life to HCTPR's ambitious goals. In fact, it was largely due to Dorr's determination and energy that HCPTR was able to acquire the 5,000 acres that became the nucleus of what is now Acadia National Park. Dorr not only worked with landowners to encourage donations, but also later cultivated a crucial relationship with John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 6/10/2020 "Writing About Conservation Giants" I inSITE I Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site Despite HCTPR's successes, Dorr and Eliot were concerned -- due to the political climate in the state -- that the land trust would ultimately be unable to protect the lands it had acquired. Because federal protections would be stronger, a plan was hatched to offer the amassed property to the federal government. Dr. Epp explained that this idea was entirely new and considered somewhat suspect at first. In the past, national parks and monuments (think Yosemite or Devil's Tower) were carved out of land that was already owned by the federal government. When HCTPR approached the Department of Interior with their proposal, lawmakers and others had a hard time understanding why anyone would want to give anything to the federal government. George Dorr took on the daunting task of going to Washington and lobbying for the unorthodox proposal. Thanks largely to Dorr's persistence, Woodrow Wilson declared the donated land a national monument on July 8th, 1916 (a mere seven weeks before the National Park Service was formally established). Not quite three years later, it was elevated to national park status and became the first national park east of the Mississippi River. George Dorr served as the park's first superintendent and continued to shape its course for the next quarter-century. Dr. Epp concluded his remarks by reflecting on the conservation ethic -- created and promoted by the likes of George B. Dorr, Charles Eliot, and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. -- that ultimately allowed for the creation of Acadia National Park. In addressing a unique set of circumstances, these men drew upon their distinctly New England roots and incorporated values such as: self-determination; innovation; a reliance on individual leadership; a strong investment in place; civic engagement; and, perhaps most important, an ethical concern for the environment and future generations. -- Lenora M. Henson, Curator / Director Public Programming Speaker Nite is part of the TR Site's regular Tuesday evening programming, which is made possible with support from M&T Bank. Tags: Back to Blog Site Map Home Learn Explore THEODORE ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE 16 March 2016 641 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, New York 14202 Ronald H. 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SPEAKER: TR Site Representative: X Don't Epp 3/27/16 [name] Date [name] Date 8/20/2019 Xfinity Connect Manuscript proposal_Ep Printout RONALD EPP 8/20/2019 11:36 AM Manuscript proposal: Epp To astoltie@adirondacklife.com Dear Ms. Stoltie, I offer this proposal for Adirondack Life consideration. The environmental significance of Vice President Theodore Roosevelt's descent from Mount Marcy on September 12, 1901 is much appreciated. What has not been previously joined with this fact is that on that same Thursday a commitment was made in a Bar Harbor law office that dovetailed with the inception of the Roosevelt conservation agenda. Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and a dozen neighbors and friends signed the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations incorporation papers, forming an organization to conserve for public use the unique natural beauties of DownEast Maine. During his administration Roosevelt championed a vast conservation program and eight years later President Wilson accepted from the Trustees a donation of private lands that became Acadia National Park. This precedent setting federal decision resulted from the intersection of different Progressive strategies that I documented in a public address in 2016 at the Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural Site. Thank you for your consideration. Love Ronald H. Epp, Ph.D. Author of Creating Acadia National Park: The Biography of George Bucknam Dorr (Friends of Acadia, 2016).