Person/Organization: Baxter, Percival
Item 12388
Bowdoin College baseball team, ca. 1896
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 20293
Graves of Baxter animals, Mackworth Island, 1953
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953-04-19 Location: Falmouth Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.
Exhibit
Walter Wyman's vision to capture the power of Maine's rivers to produce electricity led to the formation of Central Maine Power Co. and to a struggle within the state over what should happen to the power produced by the state's natural resources.
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