Maine Memory Network

Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, ca. 1930

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1930 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

Green Mountain Railroad, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Jesup Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Postcard

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Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Green Mountain Railway

"… is still possible to see remnants of the railway on the trail up Cadillac Mountain (then called Green Mountain). Click here to see the Slideshow."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"Soon they held the top of Cadillac Mountain, and in 1916 they offered the federal government more than 6,000 acres."

In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood

An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.