Highlights IN THE HISTORY OF TIMELINE COURTESY OF THE NATURAL RESOURCES COUNCIL OF MAINE
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS Penobscot Nation ancestors inhabit the lands in the East Branch region, to hunt, fish, and collect other wild foods for sustenance.
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1857
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MARCH 15, 1820 Maine becomes the 23rd state, separating from Massachusetts.
JULY 20, 1857 Henry David Thoreau leaves his home in Massachusetts for his final trip to Maine’s North Woods, during which he paddles down the East Branch of the Penobscot River, camping at many spots along the shore on the lands that would one day become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
Katahdin WOODS & WATERS
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1879
AUGUST 29, 1879 Teddy Roosevelt and his guide, Bill Sewall, summit Katahdin. Roosevelt and his party crossed the East Branch of the Penobscot River and Wassataquoik Stream in an experience that sparked a life-long commitment to land conservation by the man who would become the 26th president of the United States and sign into law the Antiquities Act of 1906.
1899
MAY 15, 1899 A paper mill and the brand new town of Millinocket are carved out of the forest along the banks of the Penobscot River, about 10 miles south of the land that would become the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
