Elizabeth Oakes Smith account of climbing Katahdin, 1849
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Maine Historical Society
Because Oakes Smith's account of climbing Katahdin was published in a newspaper, it was not widely known beyond her time.
The account, in four installments, reveals the difficulty of the venture, given the lack of roads and roughness of the terrain.
In it, she also makes the claim that she and an unnamed companion were the first women to climb the mountain.
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