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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"More Permanent Settlers Arrive Two major waves of settlers arrived after 1768 – the first from Gloucester, Massachusetts in addition to James…"

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

"Arriving in Bar Harbor Bar Harbor steamboat landing, ca. 1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"They arrived separately in Chebacco boats in the summer of 1761 and settled along the Sound. Somes built a log cabin along the shore in what is now…"

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

"… fished, dug clams and sold wood to ships which arrived here from distant places. Sawmills, woolen mills and grist mills were built near the sound…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… create a picture of Wabanaki life here before the arrival of Europeans. Native people who made their lives on or near Mount Desert Island lived in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… which is in the soul like a fountain of cool waters to the way-worn travelers. -Thomas Cole, painter, 1836 Continue to Arriving in Bar Harbor"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"Its gilded age had arrived, with Bar Harbor’s reputation as one of the most fashionable resorts firmly set."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"… Island was a wilderness when these early settlers arrived, and remained such for a number of years. In 1790, a bounty was paid on bears, wildcats…"

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

"… marked the start of the summer season by the arrival of two distinct groups: Wabanaki Indians and Rusticators."

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

"This was barely 30 years after Somes's arrival. By 1800 people were building schools and churches all over the island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"… Harbor Library The Criterion Theatre arrived quickly on the heels of the Star Theater, but with a different goal and impact. George P."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"John Savage and his wife Sarah Doliver first arrived in 1798 from Massachusetts at nearby Harbor Brook where it flows into the ocean just north of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… Desert Island Historical Society It was the arrival of these rusticators, as they called themselves, that would bring the biggest change to island…"

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

"… visitors still boarded in private homes and arrived by water. Travel around the island was by water or rickety “buckboard” carriages on rough…"

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

"… join them over the course of the summer, arriving via steamship ferry. They each had scientific “specialties,” such as marine invertebrates…"

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

"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…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Early Performance The Indian Village, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca."

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

"Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI Kreisler, Fritz, perf. "Beautiful Ohio." Rec. ca. 1930. Open Source Audio Collection, n.d."

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

"Wartime on Mt. Desert Island Wartime did not pass MDI by. Many of the local men fought in the Revolutionary War and MDI continued to be represented…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"Bar Harbor: Building of Arts Building of Arts, Bar Harbor, ca. 1930 Building of Arts, Bar HarborJesup Memorial Library The September 13, 1905…"

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

"Depression, War, and Fire Belmont Hotel, Bar Harbor, ca. 1910Jesup Memorial Library The Bar Harbor summer colony reached its peak after the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki… Wabanaki encampment, ca. 1000 BCEAbbe Museum Nearly 500 years ago, Wabanakis spotted the first…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"A Short History of Mount Desert Island Introduction Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837 The granite mountains of Mount Desert Island have…"

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

"Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn Harbor Cottage at Asticou Northeast Harbor Maine ca."