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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"Rustication Steamship "Mount Desert," leaving Southwest Harbor, ca. 1900 In the 19th and early 20th centuries, steamship was the preferred…"

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

"Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators Northeast Harbor Fleet Race, ca. 1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The word rusticator is derived from the word rustic, which relates to country living. Rusticators wanted to live simpler lives, though they enjoyed…"

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

"In time these rusticators bought land of their own and built large homes around the island. There were many well known individuals, including George…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"Activities for Rusticators Climbing Newport (Champlain) Mountain, 1886Abbe Museum Bar Harbor comes as near affording universal satisfaction to…"

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

"Rusticators on the Rise Dr. Robert on Duck Brook, Bar Harbor, ca. 1920Abbe Museum At first they came solely for scenery and climate, drawn by…"

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

"…next came the artists and rusticators. Thomas Cole’s View across Frenchman’s Bay from Mount Desert Island after a Squall, 1845. Oil on canvas."

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

"Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s Adapted from an exhibit at the Abbe Museum ; narrative text by…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin (1823-1904) of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867

"Design for rustic fence, gate, Bangor, 1867 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description In one of five…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907

"… by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in 1907."

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

"… still show the stones of these early settlers, often with an epitaph that recognizes their status as a veteran of war. Rusticators come to MDI"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"Northeast Harbor: From Rustic to Rusticators By: Willie Granston The Granite Industry By: Mark Puglisi's Class Bar Harbor: Building of Arts By: Josh…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Learn More

"… Island Domain Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rusticators on Maine's Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920s, by Bunny McBride and Harald E."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"1885Maine Historic Preservation Commission Rusticators were curious about the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot families who encamped every summer at Bar…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… Desert Island’s visitor count rose, many wealthy rusticators opted for greater luxury and privacy and built their own summer “cottages.” By 1890…"

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

"… Commission Arriving at the Bar Harbor wharf, rusticators found the place “alive with vehicles and tooters for the hotels, who swept them up in…"

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

"… educated, intellectually curious and wealthy “rusticators” with a deep and abiding interest in the natural beauty of the island."

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… magnificent sea views for the newly arrived rusticators. Blue Hill Landscape, 2009 X By 2009, a new generation of trees, along with many new…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"… in the “fine art of paddling.” Most members this rusticators’ club aspired to having their own Indian-made paddle and birchbark canoe, and many…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… more about this era check out the Indians and Rusticators exhibit here. Or visit the Abbe Museum, located in downtown Bar Harbor."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… was coming into its own, another started to flourish -- tourism. Though less substantial than stone, it proved more enduring. Rustication"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"They made beautiful baskets and did beautiful bead work.” ...next came the artists and rusticators."

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

"… encounters with nature were tinged with rusticism, romance, and poetry, inspired by the view of the sublime in nature promoted by the landscape…"