"The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring.
Description: "The Appalachian Mountain Camp at Echo Lake was established in 1922..." - Traditions and Records of Southwest Harbor and Somesville, Mount Desert Island, Maine by Mrs. Seth S. Thornton, p. 126 - 1938. Ralph Stanley says that the Appalachian Mountain Club tents were stored in the sheds behind his house at 102-104 Clark Point Road in the 1930s. He remembers watching them hauled out of the sheds that later became his boat building shop, every Spring. [show more]
Note with photograph says, "The "prettiest cabin" which was built by the CCC camp men on land owned by Mr. B.C. Worcester with the agreement that when we moved out, it was to be his."
Description: Note with photograph says, "The "prettiest cabin" which was built by the CCC camp men on land owned by Mr. B.C. Worcester with the agreement that when we moved out, it was to be his."
Left to Right: Peter Theodore Benson III (1924-) William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) David Brazer Benson (1928-) Peter Theodore Benson Jr. (1891-1963)
Description: Left to Right: Peter Theodore Benson III (1924-) William Valentine Benson (1917-1997) David Brazer Benson (1928-) Peter Theodore Benson Jr. (1891-1963)