Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"Photo by W.H. Ballard, circa 1940. X The history of Mount Desert Island, as seen through the lens of the Maine Memory Network, has been a work in…"

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 - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"Hoping that the “cool waters of Eden” might invigorate body and soul, vacationers, referred to as rusticators, soon followed the artists."

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

"… that no rules of the Association were violated… I hope, however, that we may have the pleasure before long of listening to a paper on this subject…"

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

"… expression and extension of the ambitions and hopes of people within this family through the generations."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 1, pages 000-26

"… railroad accident, Chicago 1849 Bangor accident Soldiers Monument, Mount Hope Monument dedication Bangor Cornet Band Jesse Freemont candidacy"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Capt. L. J. Morse, Co. A, Maine State Guard, Bangor, 1864

"… consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, drew…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 65-83

"… House Peter Edes Bangor-Old Town railroad Mount Hope Cemetery North Bangor (Veazie) Bangor bridges, churches, schools Bangor commercial buildings…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldiers' Monument, Bangor, 1864

"… The Bangor Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery was consecrated on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904), an accountant and shopkeeper in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Co. B, Maine State Guard member, Bangor, 1864

"… consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor on June 17, 1864. John Martin (1823-1904) attended the ceremonies and drew…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Knights Templar member, Bangor, 1864

"… consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor on June 17, 1864. Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper who wrote and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… consecration of the Soldiers' Monument at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor. The Bangor Cornet Band was part of the procession into the cemetery and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Martin-Raynes-Stevens Family Trees

"Mt. Hope Cemetery, Bangor John, Clara Cary, and Mabelle Martin X Martin's Journal and his three Scrapbooks passed from his son, John Martin…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 84-107

"Mills Fred Foster John Z. Ricker Mount Holyoke Weather records Wood Bishop & Co. Gardening Furber & Metcalf Hugh Ross Samuel C."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"He hoped to avoid economic ups and downs by operating his own business. Detail oriented and interested in architecture, business, gardening…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Senator James Doolittle, Bangor, 1866

"… held before the 1866 mid-year elections with the hope of forming a new political party to help President Andrew Johnson, who was heavily criticized…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin Snow casket at grave, Bangor, 1889

"Hope Cemetery in Bangor in 1889. Annie Martin Snow (1855-1889) was the third of John and Clara Martin's six children to die."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John and Clara Martin wedding hack, Bangor, 1850

"… perfectly black of the nicest polish and silver mounted in every particular even the hook on the end of the pole and all the window trimmings the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"He hoped the journal would be "preserved for many generations to come." Martin noted that he had not intended to include illustrations, relying…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868 John Martin: "Terpsichorian of the Old School" John Martin, Bangor, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"Intro: pages 139-194   Part 3, pages 139-194 Approximately 1840-1844 John Martin, still a teenager in the experiences he recollected, already…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"Part 7, pages 114-134   Part 7, pages 114-134 Martin began this section by writing and illustrating what he calls his "Chapter on Soldiers" in…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-21

"Intro: pages 0-21   Part 1, pages 0-21 Martin began his final volume of compiled retrospective and contemporary commentary after he went to work…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866 First balloon ascension, Bangor, 1857Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum In the book he labeled…"