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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947

"MDI and the Fire of 1947 Belmont Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society The Fire of 1947 wiped out nearly 70 summer homes…"

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

"On Friday, October 17, 1947, after a dangerously dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"In October 1947 the Building of Arts was lost in the large fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"However, the village has been far from immune to the impact of major fires. In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor: Chamber of Commerce, 1947.Print Bookmarc's Publishing. The Story of Bangor. Bangor: Furbush-Roberts Printing, 1991. Print Britton, Tori."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"and gave his last public performance in 1947, the same year the fire ravaged the Building of the Arts and Mount Desert Island."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"The Maine Central Railroad 1847 – 1947. Augusta, Maine Central Railroad Company, 1947. Print. President Grant Visit Bangor Daily Whig and Courier…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"The 1947 island fire had ravaged Bar Harbor and brought an end to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… Ellen Paine, and it kept its name until April 29, 1947, when it was renamed Saint Joseph Hospital by the Felician Sisters."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"… maintain the lifestyle that had become so well known on MDI. Fewer people were able to maintain the lavish lifestyles. MDI and the Fire of 1947"

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

"… empty lots on Main Street as a result of the fire. On January 23, 2009, the Tan Turtle Tavern burned to the ground, leaving Northeast Harbor with…"

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

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

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

"… and our adventures were recounted around camp-fires in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a…"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"2010. Bangor Directories - 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1949. Springfield, MA: H.A. Manning Company. Print."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… had been cut: Lincoln Flood, 1947 from July 1, 1947 edition of Bangor Daily News X Following three hours of torrential rain, a flash flood…"

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"He graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, and he is a graduate of the University of Maine."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"It preserved much of the beauty while promoting tourism and providing a living for many islanders. Eventually came John D."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… of native inhabitants, and the contributions of accomplished and sometimes wealthy newcomers, have all exerted powerful influences on the history…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"The summit of the most of them is destitute of trees, as there are only rocks on them. The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only."

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

"Magazine and newspaper reporters described the places one could go to experience dramatic scenery, and a developing market of tourist brochures and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… during the late 1800s, then onto the early part of the 20th century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"Special thanks to The Abbe Museum, The Bar Harbor Historical Society, Friends of Island History, Mount Desert Island Historical Society, and Mr."

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

"This is a record of one of these earliest white pioneer clans, the Savage family, who settled on Bingham Heirs’s Lot #67 in a hamlet they called…"