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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"1925Mount Desert Island Historical Society Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1885Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles was thrown…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Road Signs, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Of particular note is…"

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

"… Wabanaki families seasonally inhabited Mount Desert Island, headed by Chief Asticou at Manchester Point (Northeast Harbor) by the entrance to Somes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 6 of 6

"1960Mount Desert Island Historical Society Thuya Garden Entry Gate, ca 2012 The hand carved wood entry gates to Thuya Garden were designed by…"

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

"… large fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island. The decision was made not to rebuild, a sad ending for a building that had started…"

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

"… visitors who recorded the visual beauty of Mount Desert Island in their artwork, the tourist industry on Mount Desert Island was born."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Savage & Sons, Northeast Harbor, 1898Mount Desert Island Historical Society A.C. Savage and family, Northeast Harbor, ca."

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

"… During the days of early cinema history, Mount Desert Island was also a coveted "exotic" shooting location."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Curtis Memorial, Northeast Harbor, 1933Mount Desert Island Historical Society Among the earliest of the Boston rusticators to retreat to Mount…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… fire ravaged the Building of the Arts and Mount Desert Island. He died in 1962 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in New York City…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"As reported in the Mount Desert Herald in 1882, Indians from the encampment helped finance the church’s construction “almost without exception…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old House (circa 1820-2013)

"… Library As many year-round families on Mount Desert Island still do to this day, members of the Phillips and Savage families would often rent out…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… teachers and taught in schools away from Mount Desert Island in Maine and California between the years 1943 and 1953."

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

"… Memory Lane by Emily Phillips Reynolds Mount Desert: A History by George E. Street Northeast Harbor: Reminiscences by An Old Summer Resident"

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

"In 1989, the bicentennial of the town of Mount Desert, Robert R. Pyle noted that “Northeast Harbor faces a graver threat today than in all its…"

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

"… Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center. However, the trajectory of the rise and decline of its…"

Mt. Desert Island Hospital

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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 - 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 - Permanent Settlement

"Permanent Settlement The first permanent white settlers were the Abraham Somes family and the James Richardson family from Gloucester, Massachusetts."

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

"Twentieth-Century Community Life Bar Harbor and Bar Island, ca. 1930 Bar Harbor, as it appeared in 1930.Maine Historical Society Islanders…"

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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

"Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou John II and Climena would outlive nine of their 11 children, most of whom died relatively young…"

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

"Lodging and Hotels: A Savage Family Business Savage Family Hotel Page Images -III Click here to see pictures and read about the hotels and inns…"