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Dedication of Joseph H. Curtis Memorial, Northeast Harbor, 1933

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Lesser known, perhaps, is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR…"

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Tilting Rock Pamphlet, Acadia National Park-Day Mountain, Seal Harbor, ca. 1960

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

"… corner of the Thuya Garden at the base of Eliot Mountain. The memorial reflects Savage's love of the native stones on the island and the quiet joy…"

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Champlain Society, Mount Desert Island, 1881

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"A crew consisting of “Captain” Charles Eliot, his younger brother Samuel A. Eliot, Marshall P. Slade, George B. Dunbar, William H. Dunbar, Henry M."

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Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881

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

"… around camp-fires in the evening.” Charles Eliot opened his own landscape architecture business and became a pioneer in that field."

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Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1900

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

"… individuals, including George Dorr and Charles Eliot, MD Who chose MDI for their vacation homes. This population of individuals built their own…"

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George B. Dorr, Mount Desert Island, ca. 1940

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

"Dorr and summer residents Charles Eliot and John D. Rockefeller Jr., an organization was formed to acquire Mount Desert land."