MacKaye, Benton
Title
MacKaye, Benton
Cornish Dates
1911 to ?
Cornish Residence(s)
Hilltop?
Invited By
Birth
6 Mar 1879
Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford, Connecticut
Death
11 Dec 1875
Shirley, Massachusetts
Shirley, Massachusetts
Non-Cornish Residence
New York, New York
Spouse
Jessie Hardy Stubbs MacKaye
Married 1915
Married 1915
Relations
Profession
Naturalist
Writer
Writer
Location Studied
Cambridge Latin School
Harvard University
Harvard School of Forestry
Harvard University
Harvard School of Forestry
Affiliations
The Wilderness Society
The Appalachian Trail
Harvard University (professor)
The Appalachian Trail
Harvard University (professor)
Sources
Image: Appalachian Trail Conservancy, Benton MacKaye
Anderson, Larry, Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002).
Colby, Virginia Reed and James B. Atkinson, Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony (Cornish NH: Cornish Historical Society, 2010), 255-258.
Ross, John R., "Benton MacKaye: The Appalachian Trail," Journal of the American Institute of Planners 41:2 (1975), 110-114.
Benton MacKaye - Wikipedia
Anderson, Larry, Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail (Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002).
Colby, Virginia Reed and James B. Atkinson, Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony (Cornish NH: Cornish Historical Society, 2010), 255-258.
Ross, John R., "Benton MacKaye: The Appalachian Trail," Journal of the American Institute of Planners 41:2 (1975), 110-114.
Benton MacKaye - Wikipedia
Citation
“MacKaye, Benton,” The Cornish Colony Compendium, accessed October 10, 2026, https://cornishcolony.org/items/show/423.