Maine Memory Network

Norcross Heritage Trust

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - MDI and the Fire of 1947

"… it is better known with its hotels and B&Bs as a tourist spot while Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor are now home to the summer population and…"

Lubec, Maine - Links

"Lubec Town Office Vital statistics, area businesses, tourist information and town facilities links available here."

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"Many of those tourists use the restored train station in Bath. The restored station is also a welcoming center for tourists traveling the coast on…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… train, trolley and the automobile also brought tourists to Scarborough and a new industry that created jobs for residents."

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… coast for trappers, loggers, factories, and now tourists and river-runners in increasing numbers. Early English and French explorers engaged in…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"When tourists visited Bath they would want to see a play or a motion picture (in later years) at the Dreamland."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Tourists were fascinated. Loring and his company were commissioned by locals to participate in town-wide events and parades to exemplify the cultural…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"In the 1960s, increasing numbers of tourists headed to newly designated “Vacationland,” where they enjoyed Maine's forests, mountains, and vast…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Shore dinner places, such as the Dunscroft and Wayland, tourist cabins and lodging houses attracted motorists; and large guest hotels on the coast…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… that he would rent to Bar Harbor's burgeoning tourist population. Richards, fascinated with these canoes, purchased this canoe before disembarking…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… and the Silver Lake Hotel, which served both tourist interests and workers at the Iron Works. Even though the name of the company changed over the…"

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

"Much of the tourist infrastructure was not yet in place; visitors still boarded in private homes and arrived by water."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"So, all of the tourists loved to stop there. All the tourists still stop in to Marden’s to see what there is in there."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… helping to open up the famed Rangeley Lakes to tourists. The narrow gauge system expanded throughout Franklin County, bringing goods and people…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"The popular tourist spot was finally connected to Portland and its railroad station. There had been a challenge, however, constructing the trestle…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"Tourists on their way to or from the Rangeley Lakes often stopped at the hotel (which eventually fell into disrepair and was torn down in 1969)."

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… aegis from 1939, keepers hosted the occasional tourists up the tower. Easternmost Point Stone X No longer true in this automated era with tens…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"They supplied great values for tourists and offices for other businesses. Without these few businesses, Bath would not be as great of a place as it…"

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

"… dramatic scenery, and a developing market of tourist brochures and guidebooks provided instructions to “rusticators” on what to do once they got…"

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

"… of Mount Desert Island in their artwork, the tourist industry on Mount Desert Island was born. As a result, the A.C."

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

"… Mount Desert Island on the map as an official tourist destination. A huge player in the success of Acadia National Park was John D."