STRATTON — The Dead River Area Historical Society will celebrate the founders of Eustis, “The Stevens Family,” from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23. The day will be hosted by descendants and their wives, Philip and Beverly Stevens and Caleb and Lisa Stevens.

Caleb Stevens (1776-1855) journeyed, with his wife Sally Thomas Stevens and nine children, from Kingfield to the intersection of Stratton Brook and the Dead River in the fall of 1818. They walked as far as Carrabassett the first day and arrived to their destination on the second day. The history of the family in the early wilderness of Maine was written by a family member in the Franklin Chronicle in the late 1800s.

It was not Caleb’s first trip. His first trip in August 1818 was to scope out the new enterprise, build a cabin and barn, then return in the fall to get his family.

A descendant of Caleb, Philip Stevens, who grew up in Stratton, plans to re-enact the walk starting Friday, Aug. 21. He will leave the Kingfield Historical Society building at 8 a.m. and plans to camp in Carrabassett Valley. Getting an early start on Aug. 22, he plans to arrive at the Stratton Historical Society by 3 or 4 p.m.

The re-enactment is also to make the public aware of an effort being made to name the highway, Route 27, between Kingfield and Stratton the “Caleb Dalton Stevens Memorial Highway.”

For more information, call Mary Henderson at 246-2271 or Pat Simpson at 265-5141.