Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… also stopped by the encampment to hire Indian guides for canoe outings or sport-hunting, to place special orders for items such as personalized…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… Joe Pierpoll, Princeton, Maine, the best Indian guide in the Schoodic waters. Two nice canoes and good accommodations for six persons."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Pierpole was an Indian that first discovered Strong. Pierpole fished a lot too. Trapping has always been popular in our area."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… some began to market themselves as native tour guides and Indian entertainers, performing medicine shows and traditional song and dance, selling…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"“Big Thunder, the Indian Guide.” This photo of Frank Loring appeared in the Bar Harbor Record Centennial Souvenir Edition, 1896."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"-Sherman’s Bar Harbor Guide, 1890 Nature’s Pleasures Once unpacked and settled in, rusticators faced an array of invigorating options: Clamber up a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… Porter became a 1st lieutenant and fought in Indian warfare on the American Plains. On June 25, 1876, at age 29, he died at the battle of “Little…"

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

"In 1780, an Indian named Pierpole moved to the area that is now Strong. His wife was Hannah Susup, and they had six children: Molly Pierpole, Molly…"