This Reserve was made famous by Teddy Roosevelt, who visited the area beginning in 1878. Roosevelt camped at the southern end of Mattawamkeag Lake while hunting and fishing throughout the area. It was reported that, each day, Roosevelt would take his bible and hike to a beautiful point of land at the confluence of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River and First Brook where he would read the bible.
Location: From Island Falls, take the Merriman Road to its end, then follow the hiking trail along the western shore of the West Branch of the Mattawamkeag River approximately one mile.
Learn more about the only known lynching in New England as the trolley visit the sites involved.
Learn about the rich history of Presque Isle with narrated tour aboard trolley
Enjoy acoustic music in the newly renovated garden at the 1875 Vera Estey House Museum.
Are there really ghosts and lingering spirits in Presque Isle?
Hear the history of this beautiful garden cemetery and about its Victorian influences
