Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"Bird’s eye view of Bar Harbor in the heyday of hotels, cottages and Indian encampments, 1886 Bird's-eye view maps like this 1886 panorama of Bar…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west. The Granite and Ice Industries"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"Her great-grandfather, John Manchester, was another one of the earliest permanent settlers of European descent to make a homestead on Mount Desert…"

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

"… acres to the park, along with paying for millions of dollars worth of construction costs. John's son, David Rockefeller, gained an interest and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… restored and improved in the first decade of the 21st century and remains one of the very attractive residences in the Asticou neighborhood."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… #67, at the head of Northeast Harbor for the sum of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South between them."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"They were instrumental with the development of Lafayette Park, now known as Acadia National Park. The late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"Ballard, circa 1940. X The history of Mount Desert Island, as seen through the lens of the Maine Memory Network, has been a work in progress…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… people and resources crucial to the creation of this section of the Savage Family pages for the Maine Memory Network: Elizabeth Hewlett, project…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"Governor Bernard’s choice of these two men to be founders of the township would serve him well.” More Permanent Settlers Arrive"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… them, told of their history, and even warned them of the arrival of Europeans, something that would change their lives forever."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"He was said to be a story teller of great talent and an unrepentant trickster. Along with a small group of performers including family and friends…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… communities must finance the majority of the cost of the construction and purchase of their homes and businesses."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"The Bar Harbor Horse Show Clear skies, a bright sun, and a mild sea breeze made the second day of the Horse Show at Bar Harbor a brilliant picture."

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

"… or Memories of a Lifetime written in March of 1902, some of the first guests of Harbor Cottage included artists George Hollingsworth (1813-1882) of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… many wonderful still photographs of the filming of Queen of The Sea survive in both public and private collections."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… 1800s, Mount Desert Islanders marked the start of the summer season by the arrival of two distinct groups: Wabanaki Indians and Rusticators."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"With the development of Bar Harbor as a summer resort, and later the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor, the steamboats were essential in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"In honor of Mame's spirit of fun manifested largely through her love of music, the expansion of the Old Ell in 2011 has incorporated in its design a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"Adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the region, they migrated between seacoast and inlands by way of ancient canoe routes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… This project began as part of the pilot phase of what would become the Maine Community Heritage Project of the Maine Historical Society."

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

"… mean now to give you a history of my discovering of the Island of Mount Desert in the year 1755 at which time the Indians were the only owners of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… annual budget of state-allocated funds comprised of money set aside from the sale or use of Indian lands. N.M."