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

"Northeast Harbor: Rustic to Rusticators Northeast Harbor Fleet Race, ca. 1930Great Harbor Maritime Museum In 1761, Abraham Somes moved his…"

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

"1955Northeast Harbor Library The Future That Northeast Harbor is in economic decline, there is no doubt."

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

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was spared the devastation of the October 1947 Bar Harbor fire."

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

"1980Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor was one of the last villages on Mount Desert Island to develop a business center."

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"Cranberry Lodge (Formerly Harbor Cottage) Northeast Harbor Maine, Winter 2009Northeast Harbor Library The Old Ell is Born..."

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

"… known with its hotels and B&Bs as a tourist spot while Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor are now home to the summer population and their mansions."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"… resort, and later the villages of Northeast Harbor and Seal Harbor, the steamboats were essential in transporting not only people, but construction…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"… western side—Somesville, Southwest Harbor, Northeast Harbor, and Seal Harbor—followed a different course of development than Bar Harbor."

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

"Way Back Ball, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1945Great Harbor Maritime Museum Neighborhood houses and community halls had popped up in almost every village."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"1890Northeast Harbor Library Text by Samuel Savage McGee, April 2013 Images from the collections of Mount Desert Island Historical Society &…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"X Northeast Harbor Library, Northeast Harbor, (207) 276-3333 The library's archive his home to historical and cultural materials relating to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Settlement

"… II (1801-1868)Northeast Harbor Library Northeast Harbor Section of 1807 Map by James and John PetersNortheast Harbor Library Climena…"

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

"1955Mount Desert Island Historical Society Of particular note is Charles's passionate campaign to protect the road entering Northeast Harbor from…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Original Mount Desert Island Pilot Project (2006)

"Student narrative history of Mount Desert Island. Northeast Harbor: From Rustic to Rusticators By: Willie Granston The Granite Industry By: Mark…"

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

"Garden Party at the Asticou Inn, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1935Mount Desert Island Historical Society The summer community bustled with leisure…"

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

"… Desert Augustus Chase Savage & Family, Northeast Harbor, ca. 1890Mount Desert Island Historical Society Text by Samuel Savage McGee and…"

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

"… & Garden Preserve, located in Seal Harbor and Northeast Harbor, maintains a small archive of historic materials related to Charles Kenneth Savage…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"In 1869 the Clement family in Seal Harbor rebuilt their old homestead into the Seaside Inn. At Asticou, Chase Savage, who in 1870 had begun taking…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"… Brook Minner, Parker Brown, and Hannah Stevens (Northeast Harbor Library); Jodi Baker and Taylor Thomas-Marsh (College of the Atlantic); Betsy…"

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

"… as well as Somesville, Otter Creek, Northeast Harbor and Southwest Harbor and Tremont. Most of these early families received their land titles from…"

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

"1930Northeast Harbor Library Emily N & John C. Savage and Family in front of the Big Barn, Asticou, Northeast Harbor, Maine 1912Northeast…"

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

"They would journey to Bar Harbor to see their town’s boys take on the Sea Siders. MDI boys’ high school teams were now competing with town schools…"

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

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