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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"Clerque also built a hotel, named the Summit House, on Green Mountain. Clerque’s railway ran for about 10 years."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"… enthusiast, a plan for a carriage road to the summit of Mount Washington. Eight years later in August, 1861, the Mount Washington Carriage Road…"

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

"The summit of the most of them is destitute of trees, as there are only rocks on them. The woods consist of pines, firs, and birches only."

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

"… Pond, climbing and tramping across the bare summits and through the forest, all the while collecting and observing natural history."

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

"… Wallace’s Garage on the corner of Main Street and Summit Road. Five major buildings, and several smaller ones, burned."

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

"We have clambered up pathless glens to rugged summits; and we carried rations for only half a day, we felt nevertheless the spirit of explorers in…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 1 of 2

"… in Bangor Maine, at the foot of what is now Summit Avenue. Founded by William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T."

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

"… in 1913, near the corners of Main Street and Summit Road. On Sunday evenings, the Pastime was used by the Sunday Evening Club, a local discussion…"

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