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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Green Mountain had been the site of a hotel since about 1866 when Daniel Brewer create a carriage trail to the top and built a hotel."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford High School Basketball - 1970s - Page 1 of 2

"… Rumford competed in the Class A (large school) division with its sports teams, even though their student population was always one of the smallest…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… of Mount Desert Island Introduction Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837 The granite mountains of Mount Desert Island have been a landmark…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… scenic vistas, and the exhilaration of vigorous mountain hikes. Kebo Valley Golf Club, Bar Harbor, 1907Jesup Memorial Library Yet for all the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Rusticators Climbing Newport (Champlain) Mountain, 1886Abbe Museum Bar Harbor comes as near affording universal satisfaction to humanity’s…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"Welcome and Introduction The Great Harbor and mountains of Mount Desert Island. Photo by W.H. Ballard, circa 1940."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"… Bar Harbor: Building of Arts By: Josh Howie Green Mountain Railway By: Spenser Simis The Bryants and the Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families By…"

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

"… Tilting Rock Pamphlet, Acadia National Park-Day Mountain, Seal Harbor, ca. 1960Mount Desert Island Historical Society Thuya Garden Entry Gate, ca…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… “not only for its accessibility and unrivalled mountain view but also for that quiet seclusion and freedom from disturbing influences which are…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Soon they held the top of Cadillac Mountain, and in 1916 they offered the federal government more than 6,000 acres."

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

"… appearance to one at sea, as of seven or eight mountains extending along near each other. The summit of the most of them is destitute of trees, as…"

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

"…then came the settlers… Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"… Trust to include another 100 acres on Eliot Mountain and the unique design and completion of the Asticou Azalea Garden."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… in Passamaquoddy), which translates to “range of mountains.” Rising sea levels over the past 10,000 years have flooded older village sites, but a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"… than it is today: hike to the summit of Cadillac Mountain, view the sheer cliffs of the the island’s eastern shore, and visit the villages of Bar…"

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

"… protection of the road corridor from Brown Mountain gatehouse (Acadia National Park) to the entrance to Asticou at the junction of Routes 198 and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… the water, and it dashed back on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have paddled with dear old Big Thunder, when the waves rocked us in his…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"… he was transferred to the 14th Maine Infantry division. Hiram left the Army after the Civil War ended and returned to Maine."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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