Person/Organization: Mt. Katahdin,
Item 74861
Arno Shepardson with mounted ox, Stetson, ca. 1929
Contributed by: An individual through Stetson Historical Society Date: circa 1929 Location: Stetson Media: Photographic print
Item 79428
Eliab Shepardson with mounted ox, Stetson, 1931, 1931
Contributed by: Stetson Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Stetson Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.
