Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The First 51 Settlers

"1880New Sweden Historical Society The First Settlers consisted of 22 men, 11 women, and 18 children, totalling 51 settlers."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… Permanent Settlers Arrive Two major waves of settlers arrived after 1768 – the first from Gloucester, Massachusetts in addition to James…"

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

"-Abraham Somes, Mount Desert Island’s first white settler Beaded purse, ca. 1880Abbe Museum Late in life ca."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… Society Stephen Titcomb, reputed to be the first settler, came to Farmington before there was even a settlement."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell's First Dwelling

"… the following winter fell, these energetic first settlers had hewn timber, procured boards and planks from the mill at Cobbossee, and built a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's First Grist Mill

"… which greatly increased the kinds of food the settlers ate, as well as allowed them to store the flour for later use."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"Permanent Settlement The first permanent white settlers were the Abraham Somes family and the James Richardson family from Gloucester, Massachusetts."

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

"Desert increased quickly after the first settlers, and in 1768, ten residents sent a petition to the Royal Governor asking for help in keeping…"

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

"The Manchester family first settled in 1775 near present day Manchester Point at the mouth and Southeastern shore of Somes Sound and obtained title…"

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

"… settle the lands that God gave us without making us some consideration. -Passamaquoddy Chief Abowadwonit (1763). ...then came the settlers..."

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

"Then it was “discovered” by colonial settlers, who were so taken with the attractions of the place that they adopted it as their own."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"… a picture of what life was like for those early settlers. Over the years numerous churches were built on MDI. In 1837 the town of Mt."

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

"… while Bar Harbor counts among its first white settlers the Higgins, Thomas, and Eden families. Somesville and mid-island, with the extended Pray…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The first island ship we know of was the 105-ton Lively, built in 1772 in Somesville, probably by Abraham Somes, only a decade after he settled."

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

"and Emily Savage, like other year-round settlers on Mount Desert Island, began taking in summer boarders at Harbor Cottage."

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

"… the Stanleys, the Gilleys, and even the first settlers of the Cranberry Islands, the Bunkers, can all be found on Mr. Bryant’s line."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Soon more settlers arrived, including James Richardson, who settled just to the east of Somes. Within two years there were nine households on Mount…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"Civil War James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863Mount Desert Island Historical Society Soon something much…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… has been a work in progress since 2006, when a first group of high school students, historical organizations, and individuals undertook a pilot…"

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

"The government first made it a National Monument. In 1919 it became Lafayette National Park, the first east of the Mississippi."

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

"First, their time on the island (beginning in 1880) was relatively early in the history of Mount Desert’s development as a tourist destination."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… Dolliver SavageNortheast Harbor Library The first generation of Savages on Mount Desert Island included Scottish immigrant John Savage (1756-1816)…"

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

"… Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the First World War. But the growing income tax began to cut into its excesses, and the 1929 stock…"

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

"When we saw the first of their little tents being set up, and the hunters racing in the Bay for porpoises, we were sure that the ‘season’ had really…"