Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"The Manchester family first settled in 1775 near present day Manchester Point at the mouth and Southeastern shore of Somes Sound and obtained title…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… Mount Desert Island, headed by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… Hadley, Joseph Mayo, Samuel Hadlock and John Manchester to name just a few. They settled around the island in what is now Bar Harbor as well as…"

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"When Chelsea, Manchester and Farmingdale were created, Hallowell’s area was reduced to five square miles, transforming it into one of the smallest…"

Westbrook Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"… here, Augustus Chase Savage, and his wife Emily Manchester Savage, both born on Mount Desert Island and married in 1854."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Savage and his wife, Emily Manchester, according to a plan drawn by neighbor, summer resident, and civil engineer, Joseph H. Curtis of Boston."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… on loan to the American Museum of Fly Fishing in Manchester Vermont as part of an exhibit entitled: “A Graceful Rise – Women in Fly Fishing…"

Seashore Trolley Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Emily Manchester operated a hand laundry business in the back of her home. She employed several workers to wash and iron the rusticators' clothing."