Keywords: Mounted Oxen
Item 75495
Eliab Shepardson Jr. with mounted ox, Stetson, 1931
Contributed by: An individual through Stetson Historical Society Date: 1931 Location: Stetson Media: Photographic print
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
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.
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond
"… and with the help of family members and a team of oxen. A.C. and Emily Savage and their descendants certainly seemed to live up to legends of…"
