Maine Memory Network

City of Brewer

Brewer is the gateway to coastal communities and Acadia National Park. The city along with Bangor also serves as a trading and distribution center for the coastal areas and towns and cities to the north with the total region having a population of approximately 250,000 people.

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"… placed in many towns or courthouse squares and parks. The members also gave battle-stained flags, mementos, and documents to local museums."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"… cannons were placed among towns, courthouses, and parks. The members of the G.A.R. also gave battle flags, documents, and mementos to the local…"

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

"Gorham Parks Fassett was born on July 23, 1839. He was born in Freeman. He was the son of George and Mary Ann Parks."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"… instrumental with the development of Lafayette Park, now known as Acadia National Park. The late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Learn More

"Prins and Bunny McBride, 2007 (Acadia National Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment) This text is not available for purchase, but can be found…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"… in The Creation and Growth of Acadia National Park, “Abraham Somes and James Richardson not only started the development, but were leaders in the…"

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

"The final push was when Acadia National Park was formed, putting Mount Desert Island on the map as an official tourist destination."

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

"… resort and as the home of Acadia National Park. The extraordinarily beautiful and abundant natural environment, the deep and appealing cultural…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… Robyn King, and Maureen Fournier (Acadia National Park); Sydney Roberts Rockefeller (Great Harbor Maritime Museum); Catherine Schmidt (Maine Sea…"

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

"… included: MDI High School, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, Maine…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… programs at the Abbe Museum, Acadia National Park, and College of the Atlantic, sharing their history and contemporary story with people from all…"

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

"… through the creation of botanical gardens, parks, museums, and trails. It is somewhat unique in the context of the larger United States culture and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville was showing movies Thursday evenings at the Masonic Hall."

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

"Acadia National Park was popular, well established, and attractive to a growing and mobile summer population."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… winning a ribbon in the annual horse show, long held at Robin Hood Park (where Jackson Laboratory is today). Continue to The Indian Encampment"

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

"… shrubs, plants, ferns and mosses cared for. This park should be free to all on condition that no rules of the Association were violated… I hope…"

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

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

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

"… Village Improvement Society proposed to create a park that would stretch from Main Street to the harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… Otis Sawtelle Collection, Acadia National Park) X Clearly, Loring had special affection for Mount Desert Island, for he spent part of most…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Eventually he tore down the original structures and built the Kimball House proper. The Founding of Acadia National Park"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Other Recreation Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Loading deer on the train at Strong station, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Prominent Women

"Prominent Women Text By: Strong School 7th and 8th Graders, 2011-2012 Julia Harris May poetry collection, 1903Farmington Public Library…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Resources

"Resources Mountains of Maine, Steven Pinkham, Down East Books, 2009 Stand Firm Ye Boys from Maine, Thomas Desjardin, Oxford University Press, 1995…"