3367000 Mt. Ktaadn, 1853 (oil on canvas) by Church, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900); 92.1x140.3 cm; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA; (add.info.: Named Katahdin by the Penobscot Indians (The Greatest Mountain) at 5,267 feet (1,605 m) it is the centerpiece of Baxter State Park, Maine. Henry David Thoreau??? essay ???taadn and the Maine Woods??calls it ???xceedingly wild and desolate??but Church imagines a civilized future with cattle, sawmill, bridge, cart and men in harmony, domesticating the landscape without disturbing its natural beauty. ).