Wire Bridge

Historical marker location:

New Portland, Maine

( Marker is on Wire Bridge Road east of Stonewall Drive (Maine Route 27), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1990

Maine is home to the only national monument dedicated to a writer: The Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine is dedicated to the writer and conservationist, Percival Baxter, who donated the land for the monument. Baxter is best known for his efforts to protect the wilderness areas of Maine.