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Island Falls Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"In the fall of 1761, Abraham Somes arrived on Mount Desert Island, looking for a place to settle. Like all immigrants he wanted a better life."

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

"… canoes, in which he will take parties to several Islands in the bay and around Mount Desert Island. Carrying sporting parties to places where…"

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

"The question is how far will it fall? Will Northeast Harbor go the way of other island villages, like Somesville, with only an art gallery and a…"

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

"This addition, completed in Fall 2012, increased the square footage of living space from 850 square feet to 2,100 square feet."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"… The History Detectives club was started in the fall of 2012 by Island Institute Fellow Kate Webber, with the goal of involving kids in Swan's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"Ocean View Hotel, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Island resident Marion Stinson remembers the hotel: "Mom took me to one…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… 3-5 grade class visited Baird's Quarry in the fall of 2011 as part of the Swan's Island studies unit."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"District Number Two was located on the southern part of the island, called Dark Harbor School. Number Three was the Creek School located near Mill…"

Surry by the Bay - Resources

"(editor), Penobscot The Forest, River and Bay. Island Institute, 1996. Surry's Centennial Souvenir, 1903. Varney, George J."

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… towards Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island; some of them discovered Surry during their travels and several of them purchased summer…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island. Surry Elementary School, which was designated a National Title 1 Distinguished School in…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"

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

"… as Quabecook (Merrymeeting Bay), and the names of falls on the Androscoggin, including Amitgonpontekok (Twenty Miles Falls), which divided…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"Spring built bridges connecting the Island to Biddeford and Pepperellborough 1795-8. Captain Bradbury built a fulling mill on Spring's Island for the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Partners

"… globe have contributed to our project! As of the Fall of 2022, our crowd-source partners have fully transcribed over 8,000 pages, with another…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… and Pejepscot Proprietors? Essay by Ian Saxine, Fall 2022 Ian Saxine, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of History at Bridgewater State University…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"Damiano, Fall 2022 Sara T. Damiano, PhD, is an historian of women and gender in early America and the Atlantic World, and an associate professor at…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"Blaakman, PhD, Fall 2022 Michael A. Blaakman, PhD, is an assistant professor of history at Princeton University."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Wabanaki Agency in the Proprietor Records - Page 1 of 5

"… Records Essay by Lisa Brooks (Abenaki), Fall 2022 Lisa Brooks (Missisquoi Abenaki) Henry S."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 1 of 4

"Ranco, PhD (Penobscot), Fall 2022 The collections in the Beyond Borders project are important and significant to many audiences, including, and…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 3 of 5

"… which had been organized in the wake of the fall of Acadia—in particular the Pejepscot Proprietors—were immediately alarmed by what they correctly…"