Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… and civilian deaths, the flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities in the west."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"… The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move, expand, or morph into new uses or…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"The Depression went, for the most part, had very little affect on the local population. Small family run businesses and other self-employed families…"

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"Three boatyards on the island built vessels for the war. The largest producer was the Hinckley Company, which built 535, about 40 percent of all…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Though men did most of the heavy lifting at the factory, unloading the boats and hauling crates, the packers were mostly women and children, valued…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"Wabanaki encampment, Bar Harbor, ca. 1890Abbe Museum In the olden days, from about 1860 to 1900, I well remember that Indian encampments were the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"The MCHP grows out of the Maine Memory Network, the Maine Historical Society’s nationally recognized statewide digital museum."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"A substantial class gradient emerged, with natives at the bottom and wealthy, aristocratic cottage owners at the top."

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

"… length of stay by one family in one place and examine the lifestyles of the Savage family in Asticou over the generations. Early Settlement..."

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

"The last barber left town in the mid-1970s. The pharmacy closed in 1989. By the village’s bicentennial, many of the people who worked year-round in…"

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

"When the owners of the clothing saw the photo, the “girls had quite a time getting out of that fix.” Main Street looking west, Northeast Harbor…"

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

"From this island to the main land on the north, the distance is less than a hundred paces. It is very high, and notched in places, so that there is…"

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

"… Bar Harbor (in a building that is now the site of the Abbe Museum) the organization introduced basketball, a new and increasingly popular sport, to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"… of Bar Harbor as a summer resort, and later the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor, the steamboats were essential in transporting not…"

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

"… such as the Grange, which reached its peak in the early part of the century, created an enlarged social environment for women and for men."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… the late 1800s, then onto the early part of the 20th century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… the Building of the Arts? Play golf or tennis at the Kebo Club? Join the Improved Order of Red Men Society? Visit the Wabanaki encampment and meet…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"It outdid the rest of the island in the number and sheer opulence of these seasonal homes, all given grandly imaginative names such as “Bogue…"

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

"At the same time, the overall number of business in the village peaked in the mid-1980s, then fell dramatically."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… along the way and who importantly gave genesis to the title for the ‘Houses on Wheels’ section. Dr. William R."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"In the fall of 1761, Abraham Somes arrived on Mount Desert Island, looking for a place to settle. Like all immigrants he wanted a better life."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… Union Army during the Civil War who returned from the battlefield and died in the Old House in 1865."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"Despite purchasing the lot sometime around 1820, the deeds and clear title for Lot 67 to Roberts and Savage were obtained later on in 1846 from…"