On the deck at Wildwood Stables, a wayside exhibit entitled "A Summer Legacy Continues" stands along the railing, overlooking a view of a grassy yard. A steep forested slope rises just beyond the grassy area.
The exhibit's title appears over a historic photograph of Wildwood Farm. A complex of buildings sprawls at the foot of a hill.
Text reads: "'Summering' in Maine is a way of life here at Wildwood Stables and across Mount Desert Island. Thousands of summer residents live the rest of the year in warmer climates. In the early 1900s this property was a working farm owned by banker Ernest B. and Helen P. Dane, who summered at their 60-room Seal Harbor 'cottage.' The 100-acre Wildwood Farm provided a steady supply of vegetables, fruits, eggs, dairy products, and meat for the Danes' household. The carriage and stable operations here today provide carriage road tours to thousands of seasonal visitors to Acadia National Park."
An inset contains an archival photograph of the Danes' massive stone and shingled cottage, Glengariff, which was damaged by fire and demolished in the 1940s.
A final note: "The farm became a part of Acadia National Park in 1949-50. The stable operation at the Jordan Pond House was moved here in the 1960s, and a stables concession was established."
