Keywords: Bar Harbor, Maine
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels
"1890Northeast Harbor Library Text by Samuel Savage McGee, April 2013 Images from the collections of Mount Desert Island Historical Society &…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction
"… Fournier (Acadia National Park); Sydney Roberts Rockefeller (Great Harbor Maritime Museum); Catherine Schmidt (Maine Sea Grant); and many others."
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"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
""Mame" SavageNortheast Harbor Library Their seasonal move involved seven family members leaving this relatively palatial home and de-camping to the…"
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"… Desert Land & Garden Preserve, located in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor, maintains a small archive of historic materials related to Charles…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials
"… Island Historical Society and the Northeast Harbor Library, the author gives thanks in particular the following people and resources crucial to the…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill
"Other coastal communities like Bar Harbor and Camden show similar signs of great education systems. Blue Hill village was centered mostly around the…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?
"… building materials? View South of Northeast Harbor From Asticou Brook, April 2013Northeast Harbor Library If so, we are fortunate to have…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island
"… to have been located in Somesville.Southwest Harbor Public Library In the 1790 census of the town of Mount Desert which included the outer…"
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"1925Mount Desert Island Historical Society Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1885Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles was thrown…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings
"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond
"… Emily Manchester Savage, 1854Northeast Harbor Library Emily was a daughter within the 4th generation of the Manchester family of Northeast…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…
"… by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound. Adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the region, they…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou
"… Tyler Savage in his Civil War UniformNortheast Harbor Library One result of this very high mortality rate -- Augustus Chase Savage (1832-1911)…"
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"… Betsy Hewlett Asticou Valley View, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1950Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles Kenneth Savage (1903-1979) had an…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park
"They started with a tiny piece in Seal Harbor and a hilltop overlooking Jordan Pond. Soon they held the top of Cadillac Mountain, and in 1916 they…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins
"The final division was in 1905 when Southwest Harbor was separated from Tremont and was incorporated as a town."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway
"… of Green Mountain Rail Road TrainGreat Harbor Maritime Museum In the 1880s railways were one of the most popular modes of transportation."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings
"Nearby, the deep and protected harbor of Somes Sound provided a means of shipping goods to market. Mount Desert Island Historical Society But all…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…
"… met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch…"
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Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3
"And far cooler, for even the Rhode Island and Maine shores offered limited respite during August heat. The Roosevelt family felt no need for a bridge."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"… life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"
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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 4 of 4
"… jobs at the Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Bar Harbor during the 1930s helping build the infrastructure for Acadia National Park."
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