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Gene_Ginny
Oct 06, 2013Explorer
Roadpilot wrote:It was George B. Dorr starting in 1901 that was the driving force to preserve what is now Acadia. He bought and donated a large part of the land. John D. Rockefeller Jr. did endow much of the land and built 50 miles of carriage roads that were closed to automobiles.
..I thought it was J D Rockefeller that donated the land that is now Acadia National Park? ....
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