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SHELBURNE, N.H. — The Shelburne Trails Club and Mahoosuc Land Trust will offer a joint Speaker Series presentation by Caroleen “Mac” Dudley at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at Shelburne Town Hall, 74 Village Road.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with light refreshments and hot drinks served. It is free and open to the public, and part of the Mahoosuc Land Trust and Shelburne Trails Club 2020 Speaker Series.
Dudley recently published the memoir of her grandmother, Mildred, which documents Mildred’s life as the wife of Forest Guard Alva Richardson in the Wild River portion of the White Mountain National Forest in the 1920s and 1930s. “Where the Wild River Flows” is based upon Mildred’s notes and recollections she composed around 1970, later to be organized and edited with notes by granddaughter/ The book chronicles the first person account of Mildred’s life in the “New Hampshire Wilds” as a young wife accompanying her husband on his first assignment in that remote location.
This presentation offers an extensive photo collection from the period gathered by Dudley, along with anecdotes and stories from Mildred’s life and insights from Mac’s own life in the Wild River Valley. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
“Like the Mahoosuc Range and the Androscoggin River, the Wild River is a regional treasure,” said Kirk Siegel, executive director at Mahoosuc Land Trust. “When you walk along the Wild River, you’re not likely to be thinking about state lines. It will be vital in the future to think regionally about connecting wildlife habitat as our towns grow and as climate change alters natural communities.”
The Wild River flows northeast from Bean’s Purchase in New Hampshire, joining with Evans Brook from Evans Notch in Maine before flowing into the Androscoggin River at Gilead near U.S Route 2. The Wild River Wilderness was designated in December 2006 with the passage of the New England Wilderness Act and is the newest Wilderness unit on the White Mountain National Forest. Approximately 23,700 acres are designated as Wilderness, all of which are managed by the US Forest Service. The northern portion of the Wilderness lies within the town of Shelburne.
PHOTO: Carter Dome circa 1928. (Submitted photo)
