On March 3, 1931, and October 7, 1931, Percival Proctor Baxter, governor from 1921 to 1925, gave and conveyed to the state nine square miles of land in township 3 range 9 Mount Katahdin, including Baxter Peak, the mountain’s highest peak at 5267 feet, South Peak, Pamola Peak, the North Peaks, the Knife Edge, the Chimney, the Tableland, Chimney Pond, Dry Pond, North West Plateau, Harvey Ridge, Hamlin Peak, Rum Mountain, and the Great, North and South Basins. By laws of Maine in 1931, the state legislature named the highest peak Baxter Peak. The gift was made on the express condition that the tract would forever be used for public park and recreational purposes, forever be left in its natural wild state, forever be kept as a sanctuary for wild beasts and birds, and never have roads or ways for motor vehicles constructed within it. The state accepted these conditions by laws of Maine in 1931 and by order of the Governor and Executive Council on October 7, 1931.