Maine Memory Network

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

"… Festival, Bar Harbor, 1920Bar Harbor Historical Society To match its impressive roster, the Building of the Arts was an impressive structure."

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

"… Hotel after the Fire of 1947Bar Harbor Historical Society The Fire of 1947 wiped out nearly 70 summer homes and 170 year round residents homes."

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

"… ca early 1930'sMount Desert Island Historical Society Basketball Takes Hold and Rivalries Grow Well into the first half of the twentieth century…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Researching Your Home

"… including the Brown Research Library at Maine Historical Society, and can find some online at the Library of Congress."

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

"1925Mount Desert Island Historical Society Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1885Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles was thrown…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Savage and family, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1910Mount Desert Island Historical Society Summer at Asticou brought a house and lodging swap for most of…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… the Arbutus Grange, and the Surry Historical Society. Residents include a mixture of lifelong residents with roots reaching back generations…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 1 of 6

"1950Mount Desert Island Historical Society Charles Kenneth Savage (1903-1979) had an eye for the intrinsically beautiful natural landscape of Mount…"

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

"… mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on the fishing business,” Abraham Somes…"

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

"1960Mount Desert Island Historical Society Thuya Garden Entry Gate, ca 2012 The hand carved wood entry gates to Thuya Garden were designed by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"1890Mount Desert Island Historical Society Text by Samuel Savage McGee and Betsy Hewlett Families on Mount Desert Island form the connecting web…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Keanke spearing the whale, 1884Maine Historical Society The human history of Mount Desert Island began thousands of years ago when the ancestors…"

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Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… did -- with the addition in 1907 of the Maine Historical Society headquarters. Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow Jr."