Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… water flooded up to stage level, and flooded the first 14 rows of seats. It also filled the orchestra pit and covered the piano."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Charles Davenport is one of the first aldermen of the City elected to represent ward 7. He filled different roles in Bath's government when Bath was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Henry and Seth Clark were in the shipping business and operated a shipyard on Clark Point in Southwest Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"So they built their own ships. There was plenty of timber on the island -- enough, in fact, for them to ship that, too."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Merrill Lumber, of Turner, loaded with empty shipping boxes for Forster’s Toothpick Mill, crashed through the deck of the bridge to the riverbank…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Word of mouth from artists and ship crews began to draw visitors each summer in order to get a glimpse of the magical place."