Hubbard, Lucius Lee
Lucius Lee Hubbard (August 7, 1849 - August 3, 1933) was an American cartographer, geologist, mineralogist, and professor. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hubbard graduated from Harvard in 1872 and from Boston Law School in 1875. He also studied at the University of Bonn. Hubbard served as the assistant state geologist of Michigan from 1891 - 1893 and then as state geologist from 1895 - 1899. Hubbard also held the post of instructor in mineralogy at the State Mining School at Houghton. He resigned as state geologist in 1899 to become the general manager of the Champion Copper Company, on Michigan's copper range. Hubbard was appointed a region of the University of Michigan by former Michigan Governor Chase S. Osborn in 1910 and served as a regent until resigning on January 8, 1933, citing ill health. He also held a post on the board of control of the Michigan School of Mining and Technology from 1905 - 1917 and was the author of several books on mineralogy and geology. Hubbard married Frances Johnson Lambard on September 28, 1875, in Augusta, Maine.
Emerging 'Sportsman's Paradise'.
Map of Moosehead Lake and Northern Maine, embracing the headwaters of the Penobscot, Kennebec and St. John rivers specially adapted to the uses of sportsmen and lumbermen.
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A fascinating map of the region around Moosehead Lake in northern Maine, prepared in 1883 by Lucius Hubbard and lithographed by Augustus Meisel as an addendum to the first edition of Hubbard's Woods and Lakes of Maine. It reflects early efforts to improve access to the lake, marking the beginning of the tourism boom in this region. (more details)