Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business

"Rock End Hotel Owned by family members Herman LaFritz Savage, Herman Mardell Savage, and Verna Savage, 1883-1942."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"The Precambrian rocks of 700 Acre, Lime and Lasell Islands are some of the oldest in Maine, dating back over 600 million years."

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

"During World War II, the Crobb Box Company operated an ammunition case factory on Neighborhood Road. Main Street in Northeast Harbor, ca."

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

"… Indian Head (1887), Kimball House (1886), Rock End Hotel (1884), Roberts House (1883), Harbourside Inn (1889), Clifton House (1885) and Gaynor…"

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

"Rock End Hotel, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1917Northeast Harbor Library In the 21st century, these trends have been exacerbated."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"By September, the town was buzzing with discoveries of valuable deposits of ore. Soon, prospectors were converging on the town."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"The end of an era was slowly approaching, Ridlonville eventually was melded into Mexico. Those that were born and brought up there still cling to the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Baird's Quarry history

"Wherever its origin, all the stone was eventually moved on rails down the hill to be cut into pavers."

St. Croix Historical Society

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