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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"And two years after that the island's first road stretched from Somesville to Southwest Harbor, by way of Beech Hill."

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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… relating to the towns of Mount Desert and the Cranberry Isles, Mount Desert Island, and the State of Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"… a dangerously dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove. Though the fire was slow moving at first, the winds whipped up…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, Bartlett's Island, Robertson's Island and Beech Island. More than 100 men showed up for the first town meeting."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Bryant’s line. These families' actions on the Cranberry Islands were vital pieces in the success of Mt. Desert Island and the mainland."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"and is known as Cranberry Lodge, located at 20 Peabody Drive, on a corner of Peabody Drive above the Asticou Inn where the main road of Route 3 meets…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… south and adjacent to Harbor Cottage (present day Cranberry Lodge) along Peabody Drive across from the Asticou Inn."

Acadia National Park

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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