Title
Baxter State Park
Bureau/Division/Agency
Archives; Secretary of State
Document Type
MovingImage
Exact Creation Date
12-13-2019
Broad Creation Date
1931-03-03
Language
English
Location
Piscataquis County
Other Location
Katahdin
Keywords
Maine; State Parks
Recommended Citation
"Baxter State Park" (2019). Maine Bicentennial Moments. 29.
https://digitalmaine.com/arc_200th_moments/29
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Rights Statement
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Description
On March 3rd, 1931, Pervical Baxter donates to the State of Maine the first of 28 tracts of land in Piscataquis County. Those donations combined to form Baxter State Park, a wilderness area of more than 200-thousand acres, including Maine's tallest mountain, the one known as Katahdin.