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Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837

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

"Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot, 1862Abbe Museum Living in scattered homesteads and small hamlets, these hardscrabble settlers busied…"

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Nils E. Olson, New Sweden, ca. 1900

New Sweden Historical Society

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Indian encampment, Bar Harbor, 1881

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

"… hides, braiding sweetgrass, preparing ash strips, weaving baskets and, of course, socializing and playing games."