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Site Pages
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels
"1890Northeast Harbor Library Text by Samuel Savage McGee, April 2013 Images from the collections of Mount Desert Island Historical Society &…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War
"It lasted from 1861 to 1865, and because of it, much changed. Some island men went into the infantry or Navy."
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"1885Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles was thrown into managing the family hotel business with his mother, Mabelle Strout Savage…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2
"The Logbooks Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society The Champlain Society logbooks, today…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today
"… the cultural or physical makeup of Mount Desert Island; however the Wabanaki have continued to have a presence here, as residents, visitors…"
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"1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Of particular note is Charles's passionate campaign to protect the road entering Northeast Harbor from…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2
"Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Champlain Society member, secretary, and Botany…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era
"… Bar Harbor Casino A Play at the Bar Harbor CasinoBar Harbor Historical Society Lillian Gish at the Bar Harbor PlayhouseNortheast…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters
"… Hunters Wabanaki guides with canoes, Bar Harbor, 1881Abbe Museum Many Wabanaki men at the Bar Harbor encampments made themselves available…"
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"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement
"… but were leaders in the governmental life of the island for many years. Governor Bernard’s choice of these two men to be founders of the township…"
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"… Desert Land & Garden Preserve, located in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor, maintains a small archive of historic materials related to Charles…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes
"… going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor Days, by Mrs. Burton Harrison, 1887. Continue to Big Thunder"
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"Savage, Northeast Harbor, 1957Mount Desert Island Historical Society A third important friendship that Charles developed was with renowned landscape…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…
"… by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes Sound. Adapted to the seasonal rhythms of the region, they…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins
"The final division was in 1905 when Southwest Harbor was separated from Tremont and was incorporated as a town."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.
"… which is in the soul like a fountain of cool waters to the way-worn travelers. -Thomas Cole, painter, 1836 Continue to Arriving in Bar Harbor"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)
"The Old House built by John Savage II ca. 1820, torn down on February 22, 2013Northeast Harbor Library Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell..."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell
"Old Ell, Asticou, Northeast Harbor Maine July 2007Northeast Harbor Library Sam Savage McGee inherited the Old Ell from his mother Marcia in 2003 and…"
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries
"1890 Men at work in Hall Quarry. Stone from Mount Desert Island was loaded directly onto boats in the deep water of Somes Sound and shipped to cities…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play
"Clyde Torrey, Swan's Island, ca. 1970Swan's Island Historical Society Music Music was and is part of the island fabric."
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders at Work
"… Society The island inhabitants and the island harbors were also able to support industries such as a cannery, several fish factories both fresh…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!
"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Island Postmistresses
"Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island Historical Society For some fifty years after the settlement of this town there was…"
