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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Publication History

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"… land for commerce and trade taking place both on land and at sea, and still further to developing and protecting areas of land and natural…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"The settlement was named Dunstan, a corruption of the name Dunster, the Algers' home in England. Massachusetts Bay Charter of Scarborough and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… on a ledge just outside of Seal Harbor as a memorial to Champlain’s visit by and naming of Mount Desert Island. Permanent Settlement - continued"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"For many years, Acadia, the land between the Penobscot and St. Croix rivers, was inhospitable to settlement due to disputes and battles between Great…"

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

"This time also saw new settlements. John and Sarah Savage came to Asticou, at the head of Northeast Harbor, in 1798."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"As the settlements grew, attention was given to roads and ferries. In 1658, the Massachusetts court passed an ordinance requiring ferries for…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… Point in 1635 and remained involved in the early settlement for nearly forty years. And then there was Uphannum, or Indian Jane, daughter of the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Scarborough, a town of three settlements of over one hundred houses and 1,000 cattle, had been destroyed."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"… Saco and Biddeford, with notices of other early settlements and of the propietary governments, in Maine, including the provinces of New…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"As settlement resumed in down-river areas, Arrowsic Island was incorporated as the Town of Georgetown in 1716."

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

"Cumberland Center, 1857 X Settlements grow into Town Villages Settlement progressed rapidly in Ancient North Yarmouth after the American…"

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

"Land patents were only profitable to their owners if families were enticed to clear the land and build permanent homes, and various offers were often…"

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

"… and under good pilotage along the rocky shore, landing for our geological discoveries even as old Champlain may have landed for his geography, and…"

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

"… started spending less time at sea and more on land – expanding their own properties, as well as buying, developing, and selling land to summer…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"… under logging threat, participate in an adjacent land exchange with Savage, and swap land that resulted in permanent protection of the road…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Measuring Rock

"In 1780, the first surveyors came to survey the land of the new Farmington establishment. It turned out that the first six lots were done exactly…"

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

"… “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of birch bark—which he…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"Arriving in Bar Harbor Bar Harbor steamboat landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf…"

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

"We think it hard that you settle the lands that God gave us without making us some consideration. -Passamaquoddy Chief Abowadwonit (1763)."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"In time these rusticators bought land of their own and built large homes around the island. There were many well known individuals, including George…"

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

"Most of these early families received their land titles from either Governor Bernard or Bartholemy and Marie Therese de Gregoire."