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

"MDI and the Fire of 1947 Belmont Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society The Fire of 1947 wiped out nearly 70 summer homes…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"On Friday, October 17, 1947, after a dangerously dry summer, a fire broke out in a cranberry bog outside Hulls Cove."

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor: Chamber of Commerce, 1947.Print Bookmarc's Publishing. The Story of Bangor. Bangor: Furbush-Roberts Printing, 1991. Print Britton, Tori."

Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 2 of 2

"The Maine Central Railroad 1847 – 1947. Augusta, Maine Central Railroad Company, 1947. Print. President Grant Visit Bangor Daily Whig and Courier…"

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

"… maintain the lifestyle that had become so well known on MDI. Fewer people were able to maintain the lavish lifestyles. MDI and the Fire of 1947"

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"2010. Bangor Directories - 1940, 1941, 1945, 1947, 1949. Springfield, MA: H.A. Manning Company. Print."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"In October 1947 the Building of Arts was lost in the large fire that swept the eastern side of Mount Desert Island."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Healthcare Center of Eastern and Central Maine - Page 2 of 2

"… Ellen Paine, and it kept its name until April 29, 1947, when it was renamed Saint Joseph Hospital by the Felician Sisters."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Famous Bangorians

"… King was born in Portland, Maine on September 21, 1947. He graduated from Lisbon Falls High School in 1966, and he is a graduate of the University…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"However, the village has been far from immune to the impact of major fires. In December 1966, a fire erupted at Wallace’s Garage on the corner of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"and gave his last public performance in 1947, the same year the fire ravaged the Building of the Arts and Mount Desert Island."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"The 1947 island fire had ravaged Bar Harbor and brought an end to much of the already declining wealthy summer colony there while hardly touching the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… Museum is located in the former Northeast Harbor fire station. It is dedicated to exhibiting and educating the public about the local maritime…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… Harbor 21st Century Decline In 2008, a fire erupted in the Colonial’s restaurant on Main Street and spread to the Wingspread Gallery and the Joy…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

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

"… blackened by years of cooking on smoky open fires, muskrat stews simmered, fish sizzled in seal oil, and Indian frybread bubbled up in hot lard."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"According to family legend, after the 1900 fire burned the original Asticou Inn, A.C. Savage was concerned a future fire might engulf this nearby…"

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

"… and our adventures were recounted around camp-fires in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Also, during this period, the Fire House was constructed (1903), The Neighborhood House (1906) and the Northeast Harbor Library and Reading Room…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Basketball: From Rivals to Teammates

"… Southwest Harbor resident Simon Sklar, after that fire “Sports died in [the] town on the schoolboy level for close to five years."

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… Hall and then, of course, the Bar Harbor fires in 1947 resulted in deep concern on the part of the Surry citizens whose community was as tinder dry…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Postscript: More Moving Buildings

"Postscript: More Moving Buildings The Old House, Harbor Cottage, The Big Barn and the Old Ell were not the only structures in Asticou to move…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"Early Performance The Indian Village, Bar Harbor, ca. 1909Jesup Memorial Library Frank “Big Thunder” Loring, ca."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Building Community and Commerce Salem Towne Map, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1808 In 1808, Salem Towne Jr., Esq., was given the task of mapping…"