Maine Memory Network

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 - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"… Introduction Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837 The granite mountains of Mount Desert Island have been a landmark to voyagers for 10,000…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wartime on Mt. Desert Island

"Wartime on Mt. Desert Island Wartime did not pass MDI by. Many of the local men fought in the Revolutionary War and MDI continued to be represented…"

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 - Economy on Mt. Desert Island

"Economy on Mt. Desert Island Mt. Desert Island was also being recognized as a prime location for businesses."

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

"Early Years on Mt. Desert Island Higgins Saw Mill, Somesville, 1890 Higgins Saw Mill which is believed to have been located in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… Historical Society The human history of Mount Desert Island began thousands of years ago when the ancestors of the Wabanaki people came to the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… was the preferred means of travel to Mount Desert Island.Mount Desert Island Historical Society It was the arrival of these rusticators, as they…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Welcome and Introduction

"Photo by W.H. Ballard, circa 1940. X The history of Mount Desert Island, as seen through the lens of the Maine Memory Network, has been a work in…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… X Mount Desert Island Historical Society, Mount Desert, (207) 276-9323 The Mount Desert Island Historical Society keeps, discovers, and…"

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

"… original town records for the Plantation of Mount Desert -- now Mount Desert Island -- still exist and copies can be found in the local libraries."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"1900Jesup Memorial Library The list of Mount Desert Island inns is long and legendary. It begins modestly with the island’s first public house…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island Text by Gina Sabatani and Taylor Thomas-Marsh Nestled alongside Maine's central coast, the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Learn More

"Asticou's Island Domain: Wabanki Peoples at Mount Desert Island, 1500-2000, by Harald E.L. Prins and Bunny McBride, 2007 (Acadia National Park…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Cottagers

"1900Jesup Memorial Library As Mount Desert Island’s visitor count rose, many wealthy rusticators opted for greater luxury and privacy and built…"

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

"… came the settlers… Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837Maine Historical Society While exploring Mount Desert as a place “to carry on the…"

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

"-Mount Desert Herald, 10/11/1883 Before 1857, steamboat service to Mount Desert Island had just one port of call: Southwest Harbor."

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

"It included all of Mount Desert Island, as well as the Cranberries and Bartlett's and some smaller islands."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Source Materials

"Savage and the Architecture of Mount Desert’ – by John M. Bryan, copyright 2005, Princeton Architectural Press ‘Images of America Mount Desert…"

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

"… From There Before cars were allowed on Mount Desert Island, steamboats were the primary mode of transportation to Mount Desert."

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

"Desert Island. Artists, including Frederick Church, came to the island to visit, and took away beautiful images of places on MDI."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… part of the cultural or physical makeup of Mount Desert Island; however the Wabanaki have continued to have a presence here, as residents…"

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

"In 1789, the Town of Mt. Desert became official, encompassing all of Mt. Desert Island, the Cranberry Isles, Bartlett's Island, Robertson's Island…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s Adapted from an exhibit at the Abbe Museum ; narrative text by exhibit…"