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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"In 1968, the schools were united in a consolidated Mount Desert Island High School. The old loyalties did not disappear right away, but in time, the…"

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

"Eventually summer visitors discovered the island for themselves, and it became famous as a vacation resort and as the home of Acadia National Park."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Society The human history of Mount Desert Island began thousands of years ago when the ancestors of the Wabanaki people came to the place they…"

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

"Early Years on Mt. Desert Island Higgins Saw Mill, Somesville, 1890 Higgins Saw Mill which is believed to have been located in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"There were many well known individuals, including George Dorr and Charles Eliot, MD Who chose MDI for their vacation homes."

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 - About Us

"… Friends of Island History X Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, (207) 276-9323 The Mount Desert Island Historical Society…"

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

"1905Mount Desert Island Historical Society Church services were also first conducted in homes. Congregational and Baptist preachers came…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"It lasted from 1861 to 1865, and because of it, much changed. Some island men went into the infantry or Navy."

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

"At first, they stayed with islanders pleased to welcome paying guests into their homes. By the early 1870s, rusticators had plenty of hotels from…"

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 - …then came the settlers…

"… (documents in the collection of the Mount Desert Island Historical Society). She recollects, “The Indians of the Penobscot Tribe ."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Permanent Settlement

"… but were leaders in the governmental life of the island for many years. Governor Bernard’s choice of these two men to be founders of the township…"

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

"… latter 1800s, visitors traveled to Mount Desert Island by yacht, train, steamboat, or stagecoach—or a combination of these."

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

"Despite the continual year-round use of this home through 2001, certain wings of the home were cordoned-off seasonally from the year-round occupants…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… (powered by oar, paddle, sail or steam)? Brave an island tour in a buckboard? Stroll a field and pick wildflowers? Some combination of these…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"These families' actions on the Cranberry Islands were vital pieces in the success of Mt. Desert Island and the mainland."

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

"The island has its enduring and localized family clans, most who settled in the mid-18th century and were immigrants of European descent."

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

"Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Champlain Society member, secretary, and Botany…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"… about preserving the natural gifts of the island while always enhancing the beauty of his small corner of the Island: Asticou."

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

"… Society, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society The origins of conservation on Mount Desert Island can be traced to a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"… families in Northeast Harbor and Mount Desert Island routinely moved and recycled their homes and buildings, particularly in the 19th and early…"

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

"Island high schools competed vigorously in intra-Island competition and in games and tournaments throughout the state."

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

"… the preeminent venue for arts and culture on the island for the next 30 years. Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the…"