George Bucknam Dorr was an American preservationist.
14 Facts About George Dorr
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George Dorr first visited Mount Desert Island as a fifteen-year-old in 1868, on a vacation with his parents.
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George Dorr purchased a small spring at Sieur de Monts in 1909 and carved the words SWEET WATERS OF ACADIA into a nearby rock.
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In 1913 George Dorr received word that the Maine Legislature was considering revoking the nonprofit status of the Trustees.
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George Dorr was successful, but he realized that the lands he had fought hard to own needed the greater protection of the federal government.
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George Dorr was on his way to Washington, DC, meeting with the powers that be.
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George Dorr chose to have Wilson sign off on the national monument status rather than wait for Congress to act on the national park.
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George Dorr served as its superintendent from its foundation until his death.
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George Dorr initially believe that his personal fortune could support purchasing land on behalf of the park forever, but it proved not possible.
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George Dorr had declined any salary except for one dollar a month as the first custodian of the national monument, but after the park became Acadia in 1929, he accepted a regular salary.
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George Dorr was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, on December 29,1853, to Charles Hazen George Dorr and Mary Gray Ward, affluent parents whose textile fortunes he inherited.
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George Dorr led fundraising for a new building, Emerson Hall, to house the department, as well as helping the university acquire properties between Harvard Yard and the Charles River.
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George Dorr suffered a heart attack in 1934 during one of these swims and was told he had six months to live; he lived for a further decade, however.
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Concerned about the future existence of his Old Farm property, Dorr reportedly offered it to Franklin D Roosevelt as a summer retreat, but the President declined.