Maine Memory Network
Maine's Online Museum

Title: Rusticator, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library

Date: 1907

Location: Blue Hill

Media: Photograph

Title: Rusticator relaxing, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library

Date: 1907

Location: Blue Hill

Media: Photograph

Title: Log Cabin, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library

Date: 1907

Location: Blue Hill

Media: Photograph

Blue Hill, Maine

The history of a small, but vibrant, Downeast village as told by an array of local institutions and organizations. Site contributors include Blue Hill Historical Society, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill Consolidated School, George Stevens Academy, the Bay School, and the Jonathan Fisher House. Some of the topics covered include the arts, Jonathan Fisher, the Blue Hill Fair, Rusticators, the Civil War, education, and shipbuilding.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature

Highlights from the history of what is perhaps the most popular tourist destination in Maine. The site was created by a partnership between MDI High School, Mount Desert Elementary School, and a number of supporting organizations: Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor Historical Society, the Jesup Memorial Library, Great Harbor Maritime Museum, and the Maine Granite Industry Historical Society. Exhibits cover Northeast Harbor, the Granite industry, Bar Harbor’s Building of Arts, the Green Mountain Railway, the Bryants and the Rockefellers, and steamboats.