Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 1 of 4

"… primary economic actors in White New Englanders’ settlement of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Maine."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 2 of 6

"… to oversee the extension of British trade and settlement into new regions. Land—lots of it—was a means to that end."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"He died in 1717 in Maine. He accomplished the settlement of twenty families on the island. Stephen Minot Stephen Minot started from perhaps the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Project Home

"The project documents European settlement of northern New England, specifically coastal and interior Maine, land distribution, and conflicts before…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Student Narrative of MDI History

"… on a ledge just outside of Seal Harbor as a memorial to Champlain’s visit by and naming of Mount Desert Island. Permanent Settlement - continued"

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

"… on the island still show the stones of these early settlers, often with an epitaph that recognizes their status as a veteran of war."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… Arts History on the Island with examples from Early Performances on MDI during the late 1800s, then onto the early part of the 20th century and the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"Most of these early families received their land titles from either Governor Bernard or Bartholemy and Marie Therese de Gregoire."

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

"Remnants of these early homes can still be seen near Bar Harbor. Bar Harbor never regained its standing as the premier spot for vacation homes."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Division of MDI Begins

"The early records from the church help give a picture of what life was like for those early settlers."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators

"Mt. Desert Island was a wilderness when these early settlers arrived, and remained such for a number of years."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Early Settlement While members of the Abenaki lived seasonally in the area of Bath, no permanent Native American villages occupied the site."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Summary: The Future: Recycle or Start from Scratch?

"1975Northeast Harbor Library Today, in the early 21st century, we exist in an era of mass production and global sources of readily available…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"By the early 1870s, rusticators had plenty of hotels from which to choose, and by the early 1880s, many had built their own “cottages.” For the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"… dated March 8, 1902 – private publication ‘Early History and Personal Recollections of Northeast Harbor’ – by Cora Savage Phillips, date unknown -…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - In the beginning, there were the Wabanaki…

"… colonization of Wabanaki Country began in the early 1600s. At that time, a band of a few dozen Wabanaki families seasonally inhabited Mount Desert…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 2 of 6

"It was early in this pivotal time back on the island that Charles began making close friendships with many of Asticou’s summer visitors who were…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators come to MDI

"The late 1800’s and early 1900’s saw the building of large hotels and many large summer “cottages”. This time period is sometimes referred to as the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Ell 1950Northeast Harbor Library Later on in the early 1950s, Richard would build a ranch-style home next to this garage at 8 Asticou Way…"

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

"… such as the Grange, which reached its peak in the early part of the century, created an enlarged social environment for women and for men."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 1 of 5

"… the site of one of the first French overwintering settlements in the Americas under an expedition led by Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and Samuel de…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 1 of 6

"… political economy, empires, and borderlands in early North America. He is the author of Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Plymouth Company (Kennebec Proprietors) records, ca. 1625-1824

"… records include extensive information about early land dealings; early contact, interactions, and diplomatic relationships with Wabanaki people…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 5 of 5

"… by Nova Scotia and Massachusetts in the early 1760s had produced contradictory results, and maps of the area—when they even managed to accurately…"