Keywords: Baxter Peak
Item 9357
Percival Baxter and Katahdin, ca. 1962
Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: circa 1962 Media: Photo transparency
Item 11298
Pamola Peak, Katahdin, Baxter State Park, ca. 1933
Contributed by: Baxter State Park Date: circa 1933 Location: Mt. Katahdin Twp. Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From Sewers to Skylines: William S. Edwards's 1887 Photo Album
William S. Edwards (1830-1918) was a civil engineer who worked for the City of Portland from 1876-1906. Serving as First Assistant to Chief Engineer William A. Goodwin, then to Commissioner George N. Fernald, Edwards was a fixture in City Hall for 30 consecutive years, proving indispensable throughout the terms of 15 Mayors of Portland, including all six of those held by James Phineas Baxter. Edwards made significant contributions to Portland, was an outstanding mapmaker and planner, and his works continue to benefit historians.
Exhibit
Throughout New England, barns attached to houses are fairly common. Why were the buildings connected? What did farmers or families gain by doing this? The phenomenon was captured in the words of a children's song, "Big house, little house, back house, barn," (Thomas C. Hubka <em>Big House, Little House, Back House, Barn, the Connected Farm Buildings of New England,</em> University Press of New England, 1984.)
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Story
Baxter State Park and Burton W. Howe
by Jason Howe
Formation of Baxter State Park and the involvement of Burton W. Howe of Patten
