Maine Memory Network

School House, West Eden, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1920 Location: West Eden; Town Hill Media: Postcard

Garden at Beau Desert, Bar Harbor, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Chinese in Maine

In 1857, when Daniel Cough left Amoy Island, China, as a stowaway on a sailing ship from Mt. Desert Island he was on his way into history as the first Chinese person to make his home in Maine. He was soon followed by a cigar maker and a tea merchant who settled in Portland and then by many more Chinese men who spread all over Maine working mostly as laundrymen.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Four years later, Eden split from the Town of Mount Desert. (It did not change its name to Bar Harbor until 1918.) Island life was improving -- and…"