Maine Memory Network

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Population Decline in Maine's Coastal Counties

"Granite quarry, Mount Desert, c.1890Maine Granite Industry Historical Society The quarrying industry Maine's coastal granite quarries were in a good…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… whose community was as tinder dry as Mount Desert Island. Fortunately Surry had no major problems, but the citizens who had been so worried that…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… in grand cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming…"

Surry by the Bay - History of Surry

"Desert rivers, each to be six miles square. At the same time, six other townships were granted east of the river. The future Surry was number 6."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Meeting House Park

"… Wars: Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon/Grenada, Panama, Desert Storm and Afghanistan. Just to the north of Meeting House Park is the town's World War I…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip away towards Bangor and Mount Desert Island. Next Page"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… sporadic mail brought from the Deer Isle or Mount Desert Island post offices whenever a sailboat happened to be heading through."

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… a series of blazes from York County to Mount Desert Island hit Maine during an extremely dry autumn."

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… End of the World), Mideast war protests (The Desert is a Bitch), and science fiction fantasy (Seaquimp, Okto)."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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