He was Baxter State Park’s 1st ranger when Donn Fendler disappeared on Katahdin

He was Baxter State Park’s 1st ranger when Donn Fendler disappeared on Katahdin

On July 17, 1939, Baxter State Park’s first ranger began searching Mount Katahdin for a lost 12-year-old boy from New York. That ranger was my grand uncle. I was reminded of that story recently when I saw the film “Lost on a Mountain in Maine.” The producers did a wonderful job telling a story I have known since I was very young. The book of the same name held deep significance for my family because one of our own helped search for Donn Fendler …