Slim Baker Foundation slim baker foundation Looking north from Inspiration Point at sunrise. Unless otherwise noted all photography courtesy of Kenneth J. Hamilton Photography LLC The Slim Baker Bulletin Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates from our seasonal enewsletter 70 YEARS OF SLIM BAKER By Dorcas Gordon Above the bustling fair Town of Bristol A wooded crown sits at a point distal Home to forest creatures great and small Including people all seasons through Fall TTCC Scouts Schools and Fish Game All use this resource with Slim as its name Starting as a tribute to a fine man Everett Slim Baker inspired the plan Conservation Officer loved by all Age 42 to cancer he did fall The community rallied to his side And in 1953 began to stride To create the Little Round Top preserve An outdoor area to learn and serve For seventy years Slim Baker has thrived Leading all who visit to feel revived Recent additions include a new trail Bub Sheffield its namesake down through the dale A marked nature path was also installed With signs on which information is scrawled Certified Tree Farm the area is Opting for sustainable practices Throughout the year great events are hosted Luminaries campfires and smores toasted History preserved at the Sleeper Grave From carriage paths ancient travelers wave Great people of Newfound we honored then Like Greenan Hipson Tapply Worthen Their legacies live on at Slim today In nature we reflect and find our way A treasure we are lucky to cherish May this place called Slim never perish The Slim Baker Foundation for Outdoor Education Inc. 301 New Chester Mountain Rd.