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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"That changed when store and innkeeper Tobias Roberts built a simple wooden wharf at the end of Main Street in Bar Harbor, making it possible for the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"Island House and slip, Southwest Harbor, 1893Southwest Harbor Public Library Making Accommodations By the mid-1880s, Bar Harbor boasted dozens of…"

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 - Rustication

"Southwest Harbor now had several hotels from Manset to Clark Point. The most famous was the Claremont, built by Deacon Clark's niece and her…"

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

"… the Congregational on the Bass Harbor Road in Southwest Harbor, and the Baptist, on Meeting House Hill in The Center, between Somesville and Seal…"

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

"… and they established a permanent homestead just southwest of Harbor Brook at Asticou. In three exhibits, we focus on the branch of the family…"

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

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

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

"Bar Harbor and Pemetic in Southwest Harbor served their communities until consolidation. The name "Mount Desert High School" has a more complicated…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"… is believed to have been located in Somesville.Southwest Harbor Public Library In the 1790 census of the town of Mount Desert which included the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Guiding Services for Sport Hunters

"In 1880 young William set up a fish cannery in Southwest Harbor and oversaw the operation for two decades."

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

"The final division was in 1905 when Southwest Harbor was separated from Tremont and was incorporated as a town."

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

"… shore, and visit the villages of Bar Harbor, Southwest Harbor, and Somesville. The Logbooks Champlain Society Camp log, Mount Desert Island…"

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

"… Somes met the island’s “Indian Governor” near Southwest Harbor, “bought” land from him for a gallon of rum, and documented the deal on a piece of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… island's first road stretched from Somesville to Southwest Harbor, by way of Beech Hill. Everyone cleared land and planted fruit trees and grew…"

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

"Village life centered around Somesville and Southwest Harbor. It is true that after two or three years, as the young men grew older, their scientific…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… a status signal to Coast Guard headquarters in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Fog A lighthouse is more than light."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"… of timbered land on Hobart Hill, about four miles southwest of Presque Isle. Some of the timber was cleared and sold to the lumber company."