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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They made beautiful baskets and did beautiful bead work.” ...next came the artists and rusticators."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… encounters with nature were tinged with rusticism, romance, and poetry, inspired by the view of the sublime in nature promoted by the landscape…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… in the “fine art of paddling.” Most members this rusticators’ club aspired to having their own Indian-made paddle and birchbark canoe, and many…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4

"Many of these new migrants, unlike the rusticators, have come to live year-round. In the late 1950s and 1960s, Merle Grindle, Jr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Rusticators also tie into the education system in Blue Hill. The town has always been attractive to wealthy people “from away.” Its alluring beauty…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"The Champlain Society Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Significance of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… of camaraderie and community that existed in the camps continues through the annual Native American Festival, now in its 22 year."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… smell of roasted porpoise also wafted through the camp either because someone was roasting a chunk of porpoise for dinner or boiling its fine oil…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Looking for the Lost Cemetery

"… early records who was buried "near the Indian Camping Ground" which may have been south of Parker Point near what was referred to as Indian Point…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 1 of 3

"… are all that remain—aside from the newer built camps which remain largely empty most of the year, it is a quiet place."

Blue Hill, Maine - John Edward Horton, Civil War Soldier

"The prisoners at the camps had to buy their own food and John would sometimes sell his possessions in order to get money for food and other…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… leaving this relatively palatial home and de-camping to the 2-bedroom, 1-bath Old House. The Old House built by John Savage II ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… spent many years traveling there seasonally and camping on the island. While there, his mind was on finding folks to rent his canoes, sport-hunters…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"He pitched his camp there. Then he returned to Gloucester for his family and set to work. Soon more settlers arrived, including James Richardson, who…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… her letters to John when he was away at a lumber camp in winter, Ida describes daily challenges: the cow drying up, firewood stolen from the porch…"