"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: Sylvia (Richardson) Grindle, Mrs. Charles Glidden Grindle (1893-1970) Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
Description: Left to Right: Sylvia (Richardson) Grindle, Mrs. Charles Glidden Grindle (1893-1970) Ruth Mae (Thurston) Grindle, Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2008) Ralph Merrill Grindle (1915-2005)
Back Row - Left to Right: Esther A. Thurston (1907-2005) - later Mrs. William G. Williams Elizabeth M. Thurston (1905-2009) - later Mrs. Stanwood Hart King Center: Eugene Shubal Thurston (1881-1961) Front Row - Left to Right: Ruth Mae Thurston (1915-2008) - later Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle Mary E. Thurston (1912-1979) - later Mrs. Paul E. Fleming
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Esther A. Thurston (1907-2005) - later Mrs. William G. Williams Elizabeth M. Thurston (1905-2009) - later Mrs. Stanwood Hart King Center: Eugene Shubal Thurston (1881-1961) Front Row - Left to Right: Ruth Mae Thurston (1915-2008) - later Mrs. Ralph Merrill Grindle Mary E. Thurston (1912-1979) - later Mrs. Paul E. Fleming