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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society It was the arrival of these rusticators, as they…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"1900Jesup Memorial Library The list of Mount Desert Island inns is long and legendary. It begins modestly with the island’s first public house…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… X Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, (207) 276-9323 The Mount Desert Island Historical Society keeps, discovers, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"1900Jesup Memorial Library As Mount Desert Island’s visitor count rose, many wealthy rusticators opted for greater luxury and privacy and built…"

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

"-Mount Desert Herald, 10/11/1883 Before 1857, steamboat service to Mount Desert Island had just one port of call: Southwest Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"In 1989, the bicentennial of the town of Mount Desert, Robert R. Pyle noted that “Northeast Harbor faces a graver threat today than in all its…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"However, the trajectory of the rise and decline of its Main Street is representative of the ways in which island life has evolved."

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

"… Memory Lane by Emily Phillips Reynolds Mount Desert: A History by George E. Street Northeast Harbor: Reminiscences by An Old Summer Resident"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"Gilman High played in Neighborhood House. When the new Mount Desert High School opened in 1950, their team, the Mustangs, had a real court to play on."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… During the days of early cinema history, Mount Desert Island was also a coveted "exotic" shooting location."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… Church on Kebo Street. As reported in the Mount Desert Herald in 1882, Indians from the encampment helped finance the church’s construction “almost…"

Jesup Memorial Library

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Great Harbor Maritime Museum

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Abbe Museum

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite quarry, Mount Desert, c.1890Maine Granite Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good…"

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"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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