Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… the town of Mount Desert which included the outer islands, there were 132 heads of families for a total of approximately 648 individual persons…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"Using tools made of stone, bone, wood, and natural plant and animal fibers, they harvested an incredibly diverse range of mammals, birds and fish…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"At mid-island the F. S. Pendleton and Company store existed for 100 years, specializing in groceries, hardware and ship chandler's supplies."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… then “Longue Island Plantation” and then “Long Island.” In 1789, this island and the adjacent islands including Seven Hundred Acre, Job’s and Lime…"

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Just recently a new park was built on the island to commemorate Benedict Arnold's march to Quebec City."

Western Maine Foothills Region - A Man's Life in a Suitcase

"John joined the Marine Corps Reserve in 1943 after graduating from Mexico High School. He was in the initial assault on Peleliu Island, where he was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"In recent years, Smokey’s Greater Shows has managed the Fair's entire stock of rides, as it does for other Maine fairs."

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Fisher, Jonathan. Scripture Animals : A Natural History of the Living Creatures Named in the Bible, Publisher: Pyne Press, 1972."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift. Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean…"