Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1857 the Rockland's Captain, Charles Deering, added Bar Harbor to his stops. The next year he opened the Deering House, Bar Harbor's second hotel."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… variety of aboriginal trinkets, skins of seal and deer, baskets of birch-bark, moccasins, bead-work, snow-shows, gulls’ breasts, stuffed birds…"

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

"Will warrant that good deer hunting be found.” One man who answered Joe’s ad was William Lyman Underwood, grandson to William Underwood who…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses

"… was received stopped at the postoffice either at Deer Isle or Mount Desert and was brought to this island when a sail boat chanced to visit those…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Small, a Deer Isle man who served as a doctor on Swan’s Island between the years 1891 and 1903, points out in his island history that the name…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"As population grew, the volume of mail increased and more post offices were built. By 1870, Swan’s Island had a population of 570 and was listed for…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The island switchboard was located in the rear of the Dark Harbor Post Office from 1902 to c. 1915. The switchboard moved to a small house on…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 8 of 17

"J.G. Deering was eventually renamed J.G. Deering & Son Company once Joseph G. Deering’s son Frank Cutter Deering joined the business."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 3 of 5

"… modern-day Eastport, Maine) to go to the US, while loyalist homesteads on Deer, Campobello and Grand Manan led them to be recognized as British."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - HISTORY

"X Wildlife abounds, and includes deer, fox, and all manner of fish, shorebirds, and waterfowl. The soil is rich and supports farming even today."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - I. Headwaters of a community: Sowacatuck, Chouacoet, and the sea

"They planted beans, corn, and squash and hunted deer and other wild game as well. Occasionally they warred with other tribes along their frontiers…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"Visiting the island in Porter Lake is also fun. There is rope swing there. Porter Lake is one of the most popular public places in Strong."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - About Us - Page 1 of 3

"… from the coastal towns of Surry and Swan’s Island in July, 2011, and January, 2012, at the Maine Historical Society in Portland."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… wins and four losses and ultimately lost to Deering in the Western Maine Quarterfinals at the Portland Expo."

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… as well as the close proximity to Campobello and Deer Islands made the work of customs officials difficult indeed."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"From deep wood teepees they would track deer, caribou, moose, and bear. They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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