Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Desert stop, and the village would become the first on the island to develop as a summer retreat."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Whitmore and Byron Robinson, members of Pemetic’s first basketball team, told about their basketball memories, particularly the team’s first game…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"1920Abbe Museum At first they came solely for scenery and climate, drawn by the island’s dramatic geography and the “peculiar and delicious” quality…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"The first physician came to Mt. Desert Island in 1799. Kendall Kittredge, along with his wife, Sally Whiting, arrived on MDI in 1799."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"The first of the place were there. There were the cottage aristocracy, the rich and distinguished hotel guests and every one almost who was of more…"

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

"… year 1898, despite having previously built the first Asticou Inn in 1883 (a 40-room hotel with only one bathroom, which was located approximately…"

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

"… Library Daniel Kimball opened and operated the first store, and the only store for many years, on Clifton Dock Road."

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

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Reading Room, Bar Harbor, grew out of the town’s first club, the Oasis (founded in 1874) where men gathered to drink and talk."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"It begins modestly with the island’s first public house established in Somesville by Daniel Somes in 1820."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… of the present-day Asticou Inn and used as the first permanent Savage family home. According to writings by A.C. Savage’s grandson Charles K."

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

"In 1913, the first silent moving-picture theater was built on the island. The Star Theatre, owned by J.E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… with invented traditions, Loring was among the first American Indians to draw public attention to indigenous customs in costumed performances."

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

"At the age of 13, he made his first U.S. appearance at Steinway Hall in New York City, after having studied at the Vienna Conservatory and in Paris…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - II. Ripples of change: European exploration & settlement at Winter Harbor - Page 2 of 2

"… of the Library of Congress X The European settlers traded with the native peoples, especially for furs, but relations with area bands were…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"He arrived during 1768 with his wife, Elizabeth, and their first two children, Ben and Sarah. Wheeler was so impressed with the area during his…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 2 of 5

"Even as Wabanaki people strove to incorporate settlers into their Indigenous cultural and economic systems, the settlers sought their signatures and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"More settlers followed and began to farm along the coast. The settlements grew in population taking more and more land, which created tensions with…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Index

"… Industry - Agriculture Culture - Main Page Early Settlers - Main Page Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase - People Education - Main Page Farmington's…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Settlers fled to the safety of the fort, while their homes and livestock were destroyed as before, and many, daring not to return to their homes…"

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… about farming or earning a living the first settlers had to put a roof over their heads and cut enough firewood to heat their homes and cook their…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Maine wilderness and attempted to entice European settlers to purchase, settle, and develop the lands."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"… Hill Historical Society The first European settlers, among them the Osgoods, Parkers, Peters, Holts, Candages, Hinckleys and Hortons, brought with…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"William Read was one of the first settlers, coming from Nobleboro in 1784. When Read received a land grant from Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong…"