Percival Baxter - Interview with Howard Whitcomb Part 1

Former governor Percival P. Baxter, beginning in …

An episode of the Friends of Baxter State Park podcast, hosted by Friends of Baxter State Park, titled "Percival Baxter - Interview with Howard Whitcomb Part 1" was published on June 23, 2023 and runs 58 minutes.

June 23, 2023 ·58m · Friends of Baxter State Park

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Former governor Percival P. Baxter, beginning in the 1930s, purchased some 201,000 acres over a period of 30 years and gifted them to the state. Take an in-depth look at Baxter, the man, and his legacy, with foremost Baxter expert Howard Whitcomb, author of "Governor Baxter s Magnificent Obsession: A Documentary History of Baxter State Park 1931-2006." Hosts Jensen Bissell, former Park Director, and Maine's own Bill Green are members of the board of directors of Friends of Baxter State Park. Howard Whitcomb is Friends' Historian.

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Former governor Percival P. Baxter, beginning in the 1930s, purchased some 201,000 acres over a period of 30 years and gifted them to the state. Take an in-depth look at Baxter, the man, and his legacy, with foremost Baxter expert Howard Whitcomb, author of "Governor Baxter s Magnificent Obsession: A Documentary History of Baxter State Park 1931-2006." Hosts Jensen Bissell, former Park Director, and Maine's own Bill Green are members of the board of directors of Friends of Baxter State Park. Howard Whitcomb is Friends' Historian.

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