How photography built the Katahdin region

How photography built the Katahdin region

WRITTEN BY RICHARD SHAW Before tourists ventured into Baxter State Park, and onto its mile-high peak named Katahdin, there were the photographs. Black and white — and eventually color — postcards and other views captured the park’s now more than 200,000 acres in all four seasons. Popular locales were Katahdin Stream Campground, Chimney Pond, and Nesowadnehunk Stream. Lugging large-format field cameras up Abol Trail and other paths to the summit …