Maine Memory Network

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Early Schools

"The building is currently a private seasonal cottage called "Four Maples." Dist.# 4 - Kennedy School was situated on the old county road east of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"Running water was a seasonal affair through above-ground pipes; in the winter one needed to fetch fresh water by taking buckets down to the brook…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - I. Canoes and Clamshells: The Pre-European Settlement Years

"Swan’s Island may have attracted this tribe as a seasonal or even permanent home. Penobscot Chief Joseph Orono X The Penobscot and, to a lesser…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… people” in Surry and in Blue Hill provided seasonal employment to a number of Surry people as well."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… as far South as Jacksonville, Florida, and seasonally went fishing as far north as Labrador. During the Civil War, A.C."

Acadia National Park

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… buildings for themselves and others in the off season. Most of their construction was then used as lodging for summer guests who came to the island…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… options increased with each new summer season as many hotels offered more amenities and entertainments, and as cottagers initiated new activities…"

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

"… the Indians who have been at Bar Harbor for the season. There were twelve families on board with all their baggage, canoes."

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Thomaston Historical Society

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… were eager to leave behind them the heat and the seasonal epidemics of the crowded cities. Blue Hill Inn construction, Blue Hill, 1892Blue…"

Skowhegan History House

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… adapted to the economic and social presence of seasonal residents. It took a certain sort of person to choose Swan’s Island as a vacation site…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 2 of 5

"From the start of the strawberry season, through blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, the women were busily filling every container."

Mercy Hospital - The Spanish Flu

"However, a much more lethal (and seasonally unusual) second wave flared up in August 1918. Medical historians have found that the H1N1 strain of…"

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

"… a drawing of the death of basketball, born in the season of 1912-13 and died in A.D. 1927.” After five years without a team, the Southwest boys…"

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

"… (originally called rusticators) and their seasonal visits. These differences could be seen in the island's economy, labor force, appearance, and…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"… that have transpired among us during the past season; but presume I shall repeat some things you already heard."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - II. Pinkies, wherries, skiffs and chebaccos: Early Settlement

"Lawrence were fishing grounds for the rest of the season. Aaron Lightfoot gives an account of the hardships of fishing in an excerpt from Dr."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Wood, Esther. Saltwater Seasons, 1980. Manuscripts and Miscellaneous Photographs, early postcards, and artifacts from the collections of the Blue…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"… groceries and basic goods on the island, though seasonal businesses cater to the increased population in summer."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… golf courses, and ski areas, to enjoy the four seasons of activities for people of all ages. Sources The Early History of Dixfield Maine, including…"