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A gift to the nation: The story of how Acadia National Park was created
John D. Rockefeller Jr. donated about 11,000 acres and helped build 51 miles of carriage roads, shaping the park’s early footprint.
- Texas resident Cindy Anderson traveled to Maine to visit Acadia National Park, the only national park in the Northeast, as part of her America 250 tour marking the United States' 250th anniversary.
- George Dorr, father of Acadia National Park, and the Hancock County Trustees of Public Reservations acquired 6,000 acres in 1913, forming the park's nucleus before President Woodrow Wilson established Lafayette National Park in 1919.
- John D. Rockefeller Jr. personally donated approximately 11,000 acres of forest and shoreline while funding 51 miles of carriage roads; Richard MacDonald, owner of The Natural History Center, said Rockefeller was "funding just about everything."
- Supported by a partnership with Friends of Acadia, the Island Explorer bus service has eliminated 4 million vehicles from park traffic, with L.L.Bean investing more than $5 million since 2002.
- Paul Murphy, executive director of Downeast Transportation, said partners "have stayed with us through tough times" and recently increased their grant by 50 percent, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 33,000 tons.
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A gift to the nation: The story of how Acadia National Park was created
Acadia National Park in Maine is the first national park to be established east of the Mississippi River. It was also the first to be created from private lands that were donated to the federal government.
·Portland, United States
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