Freelan O. Stanley
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Freelan O. Stanley (1849 - 1940) was an American businessman. He was the co-founder, along with his twin brother Francis Edgar Stanley, of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company which built the Stanley Steamer. He and his wife made headline news globally when they drove over dirt trails to the summit of Mount Washington.[1] He was also the founder of the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.
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- ^ Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums (1970). in Doris A. Isaacson: Maine: A Guide 'Down East'. Rockland, Me: Courier-Gazette, Inc., 381-386.
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