MOUNT KATAHDIN
This tablet is placed here by the Forest Commissioner of Maine
under order of the Governor and Executive Council dated March
16, 1932 to record the gift and conveyance to the state on
March 3, 1931 and October 7, 1931 by Percival Proctor Baxter,
Governor 1921-1925, of nine square miles of land in Township 3,
Range 9. Mt. Katahdin, within which area are located this the
highest peak of the mountain 5267 ft., named Baxter Peak by the
State Legislature laws of Maine 1931. South Peak 5240 ft. Pamola
Peak 4902 ft. The North Peaks 4734 ft. and 4612 ft. The Knife Edge. The
Chimney. The Tableland. Chimney Pond 2914 ft. Dry Pond 2799 ft.
North West Plateau 4401 ft. Harvey Ridge 4182 ft. Hamlen Peak
4751 ft. Rum Mountain 3361 ft. and the Great North and South Basins.
This gift was made upon the express condition that the said
tract so donated and conveyed "shall forever be used for public
park and recreational purposes, shall forever be left in the
natural wild state, shall forever be kept as a sanctuary for wild
beasts and birds, that no roads or ways for motor vehicles shall
hereafter ever be constructed thereon," and was
accepted by the State Legislature laws of Maine 1931 and by order
of the Governor and Executive Council October 7, 1931.