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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… and sheds in Asticou were routinely moved, split up, and expanded as needed to suit the occupants, giving true meaning to such Yankee sayings as…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… of $300 from the Estate of William Bingham and split the lot North/South between them. Despite purchasing the lot sometime around 1820, the deeds…"

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

"Four years later, Eden split from the Town of Mount Desert. (It did not change its name to Bar Harbor until 1918.) Island life was improving -- and…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… dig for clams, pick sweet grass for baskets and split ash for containers. This practice continued into the 1930s and ‘40s, until it gradually died…"