Can't find any reference to this; it might be the new(er) Shaw's Hiker Hostel. In any case back on this date in 1974, a room was $7.00. I mailed 10 post cards out to tell friends and family that I survived the 100 mile wilderness. Even with mud and rain.
You need to remember this was 1974 BC, that is Before Cells/Computers.
Monson was 11 miles south of Little Wilson Stream CG, although it might have been a LT. I don't remember.
Before Monson, I hiked past Jim Whyte's Hideout. Read about this story in Jeffrey Ryan's book.
If you have old AT Guidebooks, his hideout is found on the trail maps, but it was a side trail and I was humping it to Monson. This is a clip of the USGS 1:62500 map (Sebec Lake, ME) and the marker is just south of the trail leading to Big Wilson Cliffs, where Jim would watch the rail road for a drop of drugs from Canada. Interesting story.
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